Serious science

[MMIX]

I just love this item

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-32598767

After 17 years of fruitlessly searching the galaxy, Australian scientists have discovered the source of mysterious radio signals hitting a telescope.

[Reginald Ret]

Cool, that should cut down on the false alarms then.

Also, maybe someone should look into the effects of opening the microwave while it is working?

[MMIX]

Cool, that should cut down on the false alarms then.

Also, maybe someone should look into the effects of opening the microwave while it is working?

Do you think intelligence might be negatively/positively correlated with the tendency for risky behaviours? 17 years is a long time to not know what is causing an effect . . .

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Cool, that should cut down on the false alarms then.

Also, maybe someone should look into the effects of opening the microwave while it is working?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_burn#Adults_and_microwave_ovens

[MMIX]

People can be just downright weird. I mean, would you put your hand in a pan of just boiled water because it was not on the gas/electric?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Putting your hand in a microwave that failed to properly shut off in 1977 because you don't understand microwaves seems like a sad accident, more than human stupidity.

[MMIX]

Putting your hand in a microwave that failed to properly shut off in 1977 because you don't understand microwaves seems like a sad accident, more than human stupidity.

Absolutely. My mum was a radiographer back in the 40's and she worked with pioneers in the field who had lost fingers to the sharp learning curve of working with radiation. But after 17 years you'd think somebody might have made the connection between the use of the microwave and the mysterious "perytons" and also that the procedure of premature evacuation of the microwave was potentially hazardous.