Scotch Tape emits X-Rays???

[Mr. Bloom]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_sc/sci_scotch_tape_surprise

I'm puzzled. While this is discussed as a breakthrough, I don't understand why this isn't dangerous.

Can some of you scientists help me understand?

[Possegal]

only dangerous if you spend a lot of time in a vacuum i guess.

(i'm a scientist, but maybe not the answer you were looking for.) :)

[Tuckervill]

That's cool. The whole time I was reading I kept thinking of the guys on The Big Bang Theory (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/). Just like something they would do.

Karen

[wolfak]

The radiation that it releases is not that much, unless you are in a vacuum.

The earth seriously emits more radiation than that.

[alpinerabbit]

or the sun.

a day's skiing at 10'000 ft means about the same amount of cosmic radiation as a mammogram.

one intercontinental flight at 30'000 subtracts 15 minutes off your theoretical lifespan (a cigarette about 5 minutes).

[Mr. Bloom]

Yippee! I feel better now:D;)