Nope, burning definitely does not change one type of atom to another. That is basically the goal of alchemy.

You are ALMOST correct. They don't travel far before interacting with matter and being neutralized. The problem here is that the polonium will land directly on epithelial cells of the lungs and the emitted alpha particle can hit DNA causing the mutation that leads to cancer. Eating alpha emitters is simularly…

Yes, chuck51, some people on the internet are dicks. If you are going to personally identify all of them, I suggest you clear your schedule for the afternoon. I myself have seen the error of my ways and am a reformed man. Namaste.

LOL are you going to share their story of just LOL all night. Or do you not know them well enough to actually hear the story? Should this be "LOL! I heard a casual acquaintance purchased one of these, maybe something funny might have happened to them, I don't know LOL"

They actually gave a number of good reasons why Whitman is the wrong choice:

I like Apple but a Apple planet is a scary thought.

Theobromine is toxic to dogs because they process the compound slowly (half-life of 17.5 hours). It would take 20 lbs of chocolate to kill a healthy person (depending on how processed and thus how much theobromine per pound). Deleterious effects will occur beforehand. The real risk is that someone with liver damage is…

"They were killed because some terrorists hate our country. They hate that we have electricity and running water and the fact that we have FREEDOM!"

I really like this idea. A circular moving walkway in the main corridor. It could have rings that move at sequentially higher speeds so you enter the slow interior ring and move to the faster exterior rings.

Two days ago I attended a Medical Grand Rounds at Stanford Hospital on the very issue of human microbiota. The point made there, and relevant here, is that the composition of the microbes in your GI tract is not nearly as important as what particular substrain they are, something that is not easily assayed and that…

Agreed. +1

By intentionally and deliberately torpedoing the US interest rate via credit rating, the GOP is clearly the greatest threat to our way of life. Also they are campaigning to let the payroll tax cut lapse, which will raise your taxes if you make over $106k. But they won't tax the rich.

So is 8 better or worse than 6? This story provides all the worry but none of the solutions.

Yes, it is almost like we need a group of experts to determine if this is safe. Some sort of agency that protects us and the environment. Let's call it the EPA. Now let's watch as the GOP tries to gut al funding from that agency.

There are so many different aspects of these disasters that you can't just say one is "worse". That you do say this makes me think you don't know what you are talking about or you are biased. Many people say this is worse than chernobyl. I say it is just different, worse in some ways and less bad in others.

A radius of 12 miles is 452 square miles. To put that in perspective:

What part of my comment history made you think that I would care about your opinion?

I made it 0:40 before my palms got sweaty. Insane.

I'm glad to hear you say this and I wish more Giz writers would. I think it is perfectly fine to say that you think that the iphone is currently the best phone on the market. It would reassure people to know that that doesn't necessarily mean you are biased against other phones, just that you really like iOS phones.

Do you not see the blatant hypocrisy of your statement? If I don't like something, I shouldn't say so, I should be quiet. But when YOU don't like my comment, you are licensed to tell me to STFU. It takes a real lack of self-awareness to not see what an asshole position that is.