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Related: About this forumObviously Don’t Set Off Nukes to Do Cool Science. Obviously
No, seriously.
When all those powerful bombs detonated, they spit out neutrons that set off a chain of events to create carbon-14, an exceedingly rare isotope of carbon. The amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere spiked. That carbon-14 reacted with oxygen to make carbon dioxide. Plants breathed it in, animals ate the plants, and humans ate the animals and plants. Everyone alive has been labeled with it, says Bruce Buchholz, a scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The entire planet has been labeled.
Unlike the short-lived radioactive particles that come out of nuclear detonations, carbon-14 is not dangerous to humansbut it is very useful, because levels of the isotope have been slowly falling off since the 1950s spike. By measuring the amount of carbon-14 in a sample, scientists can pinpoint its age within just a year or two. They can use the method to find the age of an unidentified body using tooth enamel, or study how often human fat cells are born and die, or discover how old trafficked ivory is. It works with literally anything that has carbon.
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http://www.wired.com/2016/03/obviously-dont-set-off-nukes-cool-science-obviously/
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Narrated by William Shatner
It used to be on youtube but now is only on Live leaks
It is very frightening.......... no wonder we had a rash of UFO sightings at that time.
I'm from a real Nuclear family my Dad helped write the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty and I was born at Sandia Base where he taught nukes to the Air Force.
He went to many tests in Nevada and even told me what his badge was he brought back.... you know the one that shows if it changes color you are dead...lol
Live leaks link....... I wonder why it was removed on youtube?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5f0_1278476905
LiberalArkie
(15,732 posts)So some good came of it. I never new that brain neurons and heart tissue could regrow. That is what I always heard, I learned something new today.
LiberalArkie
(15,732 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)if he makes it. Two time AAU national wrestling champ, WWII silver star, and distinguished flying cross.
He has always reached his goals and he said 100
I believe him.. he had a stroke but his brain his still
good for his age, hearing is gone.
Sort of hard to live up to him, if I was half the man
I would be proud of myself.
LiberalArkie
(15,732 posts)And having been inside a reactor core.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)With a little perseverance
You can get things done
Without the blind adherence
That has conquered some