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Gentry noted that the 218 polonium radio halos only formed at temperatures below 300 degrees and were visible for less than 3 minutes, thus requiring the Precambrian granites where they are to have formed by a quick process yet "mysterious" [clarification needed] [13] cold, highlighting the singularities of the continental crust [14] [15] in relation to the oceanic crust.
The effects of radon if ingested are unknown, although studies have found that its biological half-life ranges from 30 to 70 minutes, with 90% removal at 100 minutes. In 1999, the US National Research Council investigated the issue of radon in drinking water.
Misleading videos of President Joe Biden at the G7 conference continued to go viral for days even after debunkings and fact-checks tried to correct the record.
Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place.
After 11 half-lives (42 days), radon radioactivity is at 1/2 000 of its original level. At this stage, the predominant residual activity is due to the radon decay product 210 Pb, whose half-life (22.3 years) is 2 000 times that of radon, and its descendants 210 Bi and 210 Po, totalling 0.03% of the initial seed activity. [citation needed]
It is often unwise to draw attention to fake news published on a low-impact website or blog (one that has few followers). If this fake news is debunked by a journalist in a high-profile place such as The New York Times, knowledge of the false claim spreads widely, and more people overall will end up believing it, ignoring or denying the debunk. [a]
(Reuters) -Payments firm PayPal said on Thursday it had resolved an issue that led to a global outage affecting thousands of users for nearly two hours.
Mick West (born 1967 [1]) is an American science writer, skeptical investigator, and retired video game programmer. He is the creator of the websites Contrail Science and Metabunk, and he investigates and debunks pseudoscientific claims and conspiracy theories such as chemtrails and UFOs.