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Yet another weird SF fan
 

Friday, May 27, 2005

Are Superpowers Next?

Studies of the children born in glowing part of the Ukraine have interesting results:

THE Chernobyl nuclear disaster has spawned a generation of ‘mutant’ super-brainy children.

Kids growing up in areas damaged by radiation from the plant have a higher IQ and faster reaction times, say Russian doctors.

They are also growing faster and have stronger immune systems.

Even if this should turn out to be the product of the Russian/Ukrainian edition of The Weekly World News, that's simply another reason why the WWN's reality is superior to the one I'm stuck in.

I'm reminded of Children of the Atom by Wilmar H. Shiras.

3 Comments:

Blogger Francis W. Porretto said...

Hm! The only Shiras story I've read was his classic "In Hiding." I'll have to look into these.

5:55 AM  
Blogger Joseph said...

If I remember correctly, "In Hiding" was the first chapter of Children of the Atom.

12:24 PM  
Blogger Vader said...

The radiation effect doubtless also explains why Los Alamos school children score well above average on college admissions exams.

;l

5:17 PM  

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