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16. Gamma rays can unzip DNA

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 03:53 PM

Nov 2013

Very high doses can kill everything.

So it's really lucky this missed.
Course, nobody would be around to say anything about a High dose Gamma Ray burst.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_harmful_effects_of_gamma_rays

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'Monster' cosmic blast zipped harmlessly by Earth [View all] yuiyoshida Nov 2013 OP

I'm sure this is somehow Obama's fault. nt Deep13 Nov 2013 #1

and it is proof that there is no global warming. ChairmanAgnostic Nov 2013 #17

Exactly. To protect ourselves from gamma rays bursts... Deep13 Nov 2013 #19

Voyager Burf-_- Nov 2013 #2

yes babydollhead Nov 2013 #6

This was just The Mysterians' first wave of attack nikto Nov 2013 #3

I remember The Mysterians. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #4

Why is that? NutmegYankee Nov 2013 #18

It was just my lame attempt at humor. nt Enthusiast Nov 2013 #21

How can that be when the Earth is only 6000 years old? RC Nov 2013 #7

Hold it, the earth is nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #8

Yup, it takes time yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #10

Cosmic news travels slow. nt Javaman Nov 2013 #11

hey, electromagnetic radiation can only travel so fast, ya know! paleotn Nov 2013 #13

Oh Shit. They're shooting at us. The Stranger Nov 2013 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #14

Gamma rays can unzip DNA DiverDave Nov 2013 #16

Oh? Really? randome Nov 2013 #25

HULK SMASH!! yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #26

This is the sort of event that Carl Sagan suggested could be used IDemo Nov 2013 #22

'Monster comic blast'? You mean we missed all those free...oh. randome Nov 2013 #24