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Why was this horrible article so long? The answers you want to know in one paragraph: Aside from a few scratches, there are no identifying marks on the cylind
by Traubenfuchs 5y ago
Why was this horrible article so long?
The answers you want to know in one paragraph:
Aside from a few scratches, there are no identifying marks on the cylinder to help investigators figure out what it is or where it came from. The encapsulated chunk of cobalt will make its way north to Leipzig, Germany, where a specialized firm will search it for a serial number and eventually melt it down and recycle it. Judging by its size and shape, the object was probably part of a medical device or a machine used to sterilize food. Disposing of such material is expensive; Italian officials won't speculate on how it got conveniently lost in a Saudi scrap yard. No one knows how the cobalt got into the container or how the container got into the system.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoI guess 2011 was the height of clickbaity title. If the title was "The saga of the radioactive container that landed ashore in Genoa" we'd be prepared for a long story... Edit: I skimmed through the beginning, yeah it's the typical Wired style of "That morning the main character of this story started with a cup of coffee with beans from Kenya. He'd always been a coffee afficiniado since he met a coffee-loving chemistry teacher when he was in high school. This bit is not relevant to the article, but hey, it's world building..."