abc.net.au — Researchers at India's Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) discovered mice injected with caffeine survived high doses of normally lethal radiation. Although the study was limited to animals, Kachadpillill George, the head of the research team, believes the findings could have implications for humans.
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infonographyJun 15, 2006
OK, so the c**kroaches and all us here in Seattle are going to survive WW3. Neat, we are already the smartest city in the US.
Closed AccountJun 15, 2006
@ Hydroxy - get over yourself. I clicked the wrong "Reply" link and Digg doesn't have an option to delete comments.The loser I meant to reply to was spouting one of 3 lame slashdot comments: I for one welcome our [theme] overlords / but does it run on a boewulf cluster / but does it run linux.
dilbertJun 15, 2006
Math error:8 mg = 8*10^(-6)kg not 0.0008 kg (from kg to g is 1000 and from g to mg is 1000)An 80 kg human needs 8*80 mg = 640 mg of caffeine = 0.64 g , not 6.4 gOddly, the number of coffee cups you should drink IS 64 as you have calculated.I still give you the thumbs up for the data.
xr56n44Jun 15, 2006
"Coffee could provide shield from radiation"but only if you buy your coffee in metal containers
lucian0Jun 16, 2006
And caffeine saves the day yet again.
kenshu7Jun 16, 2006
On the planes, you hear the flight attendants say.. "Coffee, coffee or coffee ? "
rezophonicJun 16, 2006
And, as our friend Phillip J. Fry has shown us, after 100 cups of coffee, we are so accelerated and alert that it seems time itself slows to nearly a standstill.