Radioactive Decay Apparently Influenced By the Sun

quax writes "In school you probably learned that the decay rate of radioactive matter is solely determined by the halftime specific to the element. There is no environmental factor that can somehow tweak this process. At least there shouldn't be. Now a second study confirmed previous findings that the decay rate of some elements seems to be under the subtle and mysterious influence of the sun. As of now there is no theoretical explanation for this strange effect buried in the decay rate data."

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Oh. Oh no.

[Sasayaki]

My first though: "Oh that is so cool! Wow, we're learning more about our world every day. I welcome this new discovery and hope to learn more!"

My second thought: "... Oh God. The creationists. The *creationists*. They're going to read this (repeated through a third party "science" website like Answers in Genesis), throw back their heads and shout, "Therefore, Jesus! Therefore JESUS! Science is wrong again! The Earth really is 6,000 years old! Radiometric dating is peudoscience invented by liberals and now we have proof!"

Fucking Christ.