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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / How much brain damage is caused by cosmic rays?
« on: 31/01/2017 16:14:45 »
Quite a lot, accordingly to research reported in SciAm. Mice irradiated with charged particles suffered substantial brain damage which resulted in mental impairment. We can probably forget (pun intended) going to Mars until we can a find a method of shielding the astronauts from the radiation.