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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Context: My physics professor told me how early particle physicist would stick their head on a beam of a particle accelerator to check for a beam, they would know if their eyes would flash as the beam went through. Surprisingly this messed up their vision over time.

Unfortunately I cannot find a source on this, but I choose to believe my professor.

Edit: Found something though they don't talk about intercepting beams with their head

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

we used to use X-rays to fit your shoes, so very probable

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

More than a few teeth/entire jaws were lost over this I reckon

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't ask me how Dr Bier and August Hildebrandt researched spinal anesthesia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Don't be Anatoli Bugorski!

... or the guy involved in the Hanoi Incident.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel so much lighter!

Watson! My journal. Quick, I’m getting dizzy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Discovery of the century, anti gravity beam!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Dr. Emilio Lizardo tests the crude prototype for the Oscillation Overthruster.

[–] lowleveldata 5 points 1 week ago

Only one way to find out