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Lithium makes a fine battery because it’s a scarily reactive metal. Pure lithium ignites on contact if it touches water – a flake of it would sizzle and fry on the water-rich cells of your skin.

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Your body thinks radium is a great thing to pack into bone – where it kills some cells outright and scrambles the DNA of others, causing problems like cancer.

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Cancer is really a DNA disease… We have these certain genes that prevent our cells from growing out of control at the expense of the body. And it’s a pretty good, robust system. But if a couple of these genes fail, then that’s when cancer starts, and cells start growing out of control.

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June 4, 2024

Cancer is really a DNA disease… We have these certain genes that prevent our cells from growing out of control at the expense of the body. And it’s a pretty good, robust system. But if a couple of these genes fail, then that’s when cancer starts, and cells start growing out of control.

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June 4, 2024

Your body thinks radium is a great thing to pack into bone – where it kills some cells outright and scrambles the DNA of others, causing problems like cancer.

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