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Scientists Can Tell Age Through Eyes
Scientists Can Tell Age Through Eyes
Their new technique uses radiocarbon dating to measure special proteins known as lens crystallines that develop around birth and remain unchanged for the rest of our lives. picked by MandolinOrange 11 months ago
tags age eye radiocarbon dating proteins lens
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 acemak
11 months ago
or you could just ask the person how old they are and save the millions of dollars in funding for a more useful project...like a cure for cancer...or a way to exterminate the people who thought this would be a great idea
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 Mandolin...
11 months ago
« acemak : or you could just ask the person how old they are and save the millions of dollars in funding for a more useful project...like a cure for cancer...or a way to exterminate the people who thought this would be a great idea
I'm pretty sure this is for telling the age of the deceased, to identify bodies. I consider that useful science.
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 acemak
11 months ago
there are easier and cheaper ways. They can figure out date through a bone test
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