Don’t leave your hand in a particle acceleratorĪ scientist suffered horrific injuries after sticking his face in a highly radioactive particle accelerator.Īnatoli Bugorki paralyzed his face and nearly died from poisoning, suggesting that sticking any part of your body into the much stronger Large Hadron Collider could be fatal. If your head is pointed toward the neutron star, it will be tugged toward the star much more strongly than your feet and you will be swiftly ripped apart.Īccording to Doherty, this means that human atoms will be “distorted into thin cigars and all the bonds between atoms that make up the molecules in your body are broken so you become a plasma-shaped human cloud that is tidally stretched and pulled into the star where you impact the surface and generate lethal gamma radiation.”
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But if the star is quieter than usual, you might get some time to free fall. If you ever find yourself falling into one, there are actually a few ways you might die. Death by neutron star ShutterstockĪ neutron star has several times the mass of the sun compressed into a sphere the size of a city. “Crossing your fingers is also a good idea,” Doherty said. If the shaft fits snugly enough, a pillow of air below the car should provide some cushioning. You should also note that the mechanics of the elevator will have a significant impact on whether you survive a failure. The best way to avoid this rather nasty ending is to lie flat on your back, spreading the G forces evenly through your body. If the elevator you’re taking suddenly drops before stopping, your “organs may keep falling even though your body has stopped,” Doherty revealed. “Those would collapse inward … Because you wouldn’t have any air, you wouldn’t float to the surface and you would likely stay at the bottom to be consumed by the bone-eating snot flowers, which usually eats whale bones but would probably make an exception in this case.” Being inside an elevator that drops to the bottom floor Shutterstock “The air pockets inside you, namely in your nasal cavity, throat and chest, would be a problem, though.” So you would retain your basic human shape.” He said: “Fortunately you’re mostly water, and water is incompressible. BioMed Centralĭoherty said you would drown before reaching the bottom, but if you took a submarine trip to the depths and went for a swim, there’s a variety of ways you might die. The Osedax is a bone-eating worm that lives in the deep sea. It’s not the place to take a dip, but if you were so inclined, you’d be in for a nasty demise. The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean. Being consumed by a ‘bone-eating snot flower’ Shutterstock We’ve rounded up some of the worst ways to die, so look away now if you’re squeamish.
Paul Doherty, a senior scientist at San Francisco’s Exploratorium, and his friend Cody Cassidy have painstakingly spent years calculating the effect certain gruesome scenarios could have on your body.ĭoherty took questions from the public during a Reddit Q&A yesterday evening, revealing some of the most terrifying scenarios he’s come across. These include throwing yourself out of the International Space Station, digging a hole through the Earth and jumping through it, as well as sticking your hand in a particle accelerator.
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