Article from space.com -- "Deadly Radiation Spurs Life"

[Jim Hardeman <Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us>]

RADSAFER's, RAD RAPper's, etc.

Greetings from the frozen tundra ... and
your home of the 2000 Super Bowl (if
Georgia Power can keep the lights on at
the Georgia Dome over the weekend!)

I ran across the following article (a portion
of which is copied below) at the
space.com web site this morning while
doing my daily news search ... does
anyone else see find the juxtaposition of
"deadly radiation" and "providing fuel for
life" kind of odd? Guess the press can't
just use the word "radiation" without
prefacing it with "deadly".

The URL for the full article is:
http://www.space.com/science/solarsystem/europa_life_000126.html

P.S. Salt and sand trucks are loading up
now, snow plows (Yes! We DO have
some down here!) are being hooked up
now, and "the powers that be" will insure a
Super Bowl broadcast Sunday evening ...
how good it is depends on the combatants
... not us!

Jim Hardeman, Manager
Environmental Radiation Program
Environmental Protection Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
4244 International Parkway, Suite 114
Atlanta, GA 30354
(404) 362-2675  fax: (404) 362-2653
Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us

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Jupiter's Deadly Radiation Could
Power Life On Europa

Scientists Look to Jupiter's Moon for
Possible Life 

In the search for microbial life on Jupiter's
icy moon Europa, a new idea has
emerged, suggesting that heavy doses of
lethal radiation surrounding the massive
planet might spur chemical reactions on its
tiny satellite, providing fuel for life in the
suspected liquid ocean below.


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