Dinosaurs may have had cancer

LONDON - Cancer caused by particles thrown out by dying stars may have killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago, an American…

LONDON - Cancer caused by particles thrown out by dying stars may have killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago, an American scientist has said. Prof Juan Collar of the University of South Carolina believes that neutrinos, sub atomic particles released from stars collapsing in the Earth's galaxy, may have produced a cancer pandemic.

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