Isotopic Bomb Traces Are a Boon to Biological Dating
The Scientist Magazine,
J onas Frisén wanted to answer a question: How often, if at all, do brain cells in the hippocampus turn over in adult humans?
J onas Frisén wanted to answer a question: How often, if at all, do brain cells in the hippocampus turn over in adult humans?
A pulse of radioactive carbon released by nuclear bomb testing stamped a date on every living cell, giving scientists the…
The human body is a tireless gardener, growing new cells throughout life in many organs--in the skin, blood, bones and…