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[โ€“] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How do we know the half-life of those elements?

[โ€“] RotSteinFinke@feddit.de 22 points 4 months ago

Half-life means the time until only half of the atoms are left, but we don't have to wait that long to measure the speed of decay. Just like we can measure the speed of a car, without waiting for it to reach the finish line first.