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Radioactive Decay Apparently Influenced By the Sun

Posted by timothy on from the action-at-a-distance dept.

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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  1. Re:Not enough by Bryansix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Step 1) See science I don't agree with
    Step 2) Find no logical arguments to shoot it down
    Step 3) resort to ridicule and call it a day

  2. Re:The logical argument to shoot it down. by quax · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The hypothesis is that a yet unknown weak force interaction triggered be the sun's neutrino's is responsible for this.

    It'll hardly be the first time that a scientifically observed phenomenon has no current theoretical explanation.

    If yours was the way science operates we'd still operate out of caves.

  3. Re:The logical argument to shoot it down. by nadaou · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > If yours was the way science operates we'd still operate out of caves.

    consider if you will where we place our neutrino detectors.

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