September 2, 2010

Death by Black Hole

As an emergency doctor it is important to be aware of all the myriad ways of meeting one’s maker. ‘Death by Black Hole’ – a process that results in ‘spaghettification’ – is one of the more exotic ways of dying that until now I hadn’t considered in any great detail…

Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains it all:

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About Chris Nickson
An oslerphile suffering from a bad case of knowledge dipsosis. Key areas of interest include: emergency medicine, critical care, toxicology, tropical medicine, clinical epidemiology, history, literature and the internet-learning revolution. @precordialthump

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