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Mythbusters to Test Cockroach Radiation Myth
redwoodtree writes "An article on the site for the Tri-City Herald sums it up perfectly: 'Contrary to popular belief, not a significant amount of research goes into cockroach radiation.' To test the old saw about 'the cockroaches being the only survivors of a nuclear war' Discovery Channel's Mythbusters are going out to Hanford Site, where plutonium was manufactured for the first nuclear bomb. It's the single most polluted nuclear waste site in the U.S. The Mythbusters are going to take cockroaches and other insects and apply successively higher doses of radiation in a controlled setting."
I for one welcome our new irradiated cockroach overlords.
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Really, I apologize, I can't help it...
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Don't forget to test twinkies as well
Lets hope they don't get besieged by PETA, who seem to want to protect the rights cockroaches now
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Strange how little cats and dogs are protected on TV, but our little six-legged friends, well 200 can merrily risk their little lives in the name of pseudoscience television.
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The Mythbusters are going to take cockroaches and other insects and apply successively higher doses of radiation in a controlled setting.
So, what precautions do they have on hand in the event one of them grows to enormous size and goes on a rampage?
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
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They should bring turtles. I'd like to see some mutant ninja turtles.
I'll do some damage to her with MY dna...
Oh for the love of trolling
Kari should pass on this on. send in the other ones, just leave Kari alone. She should be protected.
And, for the big finale, I wonder if they're going to set off a nuke. Those guys love to blow things up.
...otherwise his mustache will become huge and go on a rampage!
Towards the Singularity.
As a proud resident of cochroach-ridden New York City, I can report that the little devils are immune to everything but Boric Acid which--apparently--causes them to become constipated.
Haven't they learned ANYTHING from science fiction?? Geez. Well, there goes the neighborhood.
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Where exactly did you go to high school? :)
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Don't get bitten by any of those radioactive cockroaches. Lord knows the superpowers you'd acquire.
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Still waiting for the episode on Catholicism.
Ok so when does the "But all life is valuable" argument begin to sound idiotic. what about the Aids virus? what about that life? what about all other Virus "Life-Forms" that cause all kinds of horrible ailments and diseases? wont' somebody think of them too? is there life any less valuable then another?
... for Paul and Jamie to blast off and land on the moon to provide current affirmation that humanity has been there before. Although I'm sure that the hoax-sayers will just insist that they are part of the conspiracy also. Still... a condensed version of the trip would make an awesome extended episode (and they'd also get to bust some myths about zero-G during the flight).
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o crap....don't want to have a mutant Super-PETA ppl.
besides, this is for scientific research....not solely for entertainment like that roach-eating contest.
(and for the record....roaches have been around for millions of years....they've survived the devastation that wiped out most other forms of life...they can surely survive if a few of their comrades get irradiated.)
Exactly. Pumpkins are totally dangerous.
It's not even a myth! It's just a common saying stemming from the fact that cockroaches are so prolific and notoriously hard to kill. What's next? they test the theory that there's more than one way to skin a cat?
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I can assure you that Catholicism does exist.
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I totally want to try the salt thing!
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Will they blend?
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What? You pick pumpkins off of the ground and put them in your mouth?
Seems mythic enough to me.
You are mythtaken, it is actually a mythtery
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That seems a little unscientific. I'm going to wait for the results of properly peer-reviewed experiment data before I make a judgement on that one.
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
Luckily for us all they are not capable of enforcing such a ridiculous declaration.
If they ever were able to do so, their first act would be to abolish the Nuclear Force which , ironically, would result in the most spectacular explosion this world has ever seen (and apparently that was specifically what they were trying to discourage).
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> This is Mythbusters. They'll do whatever
> they think is coolest, correctness be damned.
Translation: They'll blow up the roaches.
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Some years ago virtually all Russian cities have been abandoned by cockroaches. The little critters are simply not here anymore. No one knows why they left. Some say that modern insecticides are way too powerful even for cockroaches to resist. Some say cockroaches do not tolerate cellular radiation. The most pessimistic believe that cockroaches feel some impending disaster and flee the doomed ship.
Well done fellow moderators. A warning about evil pumpkins is of course not funny, but informative.
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