Tuesday, May 19, 2009

An understated science headline

Here's the headline:
Neutron Star Crust Is Stronger than Steel
"Stronger than steel" - sounds a little like an ad for a new composite-material golf club or tennis racket.

Reading the article reveals the following:
The crust of neutron stars could be 10 billion times stronger than steel, based on an innovative model of elements compressed as tightly as they would be on the surface of a neutron star.
[emphasis added]
Whoa! - this ain't an ad for a new golf club!

Free advice for this headline writer: read the tabloids more often! - Put a little juice in the headline!!!

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