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Listening for Deuterium
jose parinas writes "Researchers at MIT made the first radio detection of deuterium, an atom that the scientists claim is key to understanding the beginning of the universe." It turns out the actual detection wasn't the key, but filtering out all of the RF 'pollution' produced by nearby gadgets.
I thought Klingons were allergic to deterium?
What, you mean Voyager's science may not be 100% accurate? You're telling me that gravity isn't radioactive?
('Equinox Part II' and 'One Small Step' are the guilty episodes from above, if you were wondering...)
You must think in Russian.
You could poke a hole in the cage and put your sensor in it so that you only got signal from a certain place.
but it's DILITHIUM we need if we're ever going to get off this godforsaken rock!