Dylan Smith

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There’s some good news: Deep in the Sun, the photons carrying energy around have very short wavelengths—they’re mostly a mix of what we’d consider hard and soft X-rays. This means they penetrate your body to various depths, heating your internal organs and also ionizing your DNA, causing irreversible damage before they even start burning you. Looking back, I notice that I started this paragraph with “there’s some good news.” I don’t know why I did that.
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
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