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While physicists and astronomers aren t sure what would happen if, say, someone stuck their hand inside a proton accelerator, an incident in 1978 involving Soviet scientist Anatoli Bugorski offers some clues.
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In July 1978, a beam of protons passed through Bugorski s head after he put it inside the Soviet Union s U-70 synchrotron to investigate a malfunction. While he reportedly felt no pain, Bugorski, who is still alive, saw a flash of light and suffered permanent facial paralysis and six grand mal seizures. In addition to Bugorski s story, here s what else we know about radiation exposure that might help answer the question of what would happen if you got hit with a beam of subatomic particles.