reply to post by 0bserver1
Oh man...the Creationists are going to have a field day with this news! Carbon 14 doesnt appear as stable as we thought apparently....however The
scientists (Ive only read the DISCOVERY NEWS article so far and thats what Im basing my post on...if the other articles suggest something otherwise
then I appologize) don't seem to be suggesting that it Changes....through time...but rather that it fluxuates. So I imagine Carbon 14 might still be
somewhat reliable (of course Creationists wont see it that way) I also didnt see any indication that it was doing other things to matter, other than
causing the fluxuation of the decay rate...so "mutate" is perhaps not the best word. Also they are not suggesting that this is something NEW.....as
in that it is something our sun has JUST started to do...but rather that it is simply a new discovery about how the Suns particles may interact with
matter.