What if a Radioactive Spider Bites You?

Everyone knows that when you're bitten by a radioactive animal, you get superpowers... right? Kyle weaves a web of facts and math to ensnare the truth in this week's Because Science!

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Learn more:
NEUTRON ACTIVATION: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_activation
SPIDER BITE EPIDEMIOLOGY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_bite#Epidemiology
GLOBAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SPIDER BITES: http://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.2.0700239#html_fulltext
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SPIDER BITES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathophysiology_of_spider_bites
POLONIUM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonium
A SCARY POLONIUM FACT SHEET: https://www.ems.psu.edu/~radovic/Polonium_specs.pdf
POLONIUM AS POISON: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2226196/
ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_radiation_syndrome
LIST OF MEDICALLY SIGNIFICANT SPIDER BITES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medically_significant_spider_bites
THE SURPRISING CAUSE OF MOST SPIDER BITES: https://www.livescience.com/37974-he-surprising-cause-of-most-spider-bites.html

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