{"670437":{"#nid":"670437","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Where does Godzilla get his atomic breath?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGodzilla first tore across screens in the 1954 Japanese movie\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGodzilla.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;Since then, he\u2019s had many different forms in films and books. But most Godzilla forms feature his signature power move: atomic breath. This powerful beam of radiation shoots from his mouth as he roars. Maybe Godzilla\u2019s awe-inspiring atomic breath could be possible. But it would take some special tricks of biology. No matter the shape of the emitted breath, Godzilla would need a source of radiation.\u0026nbsp;Perhaps the radioactivity is coming from some truly awful breath. \u201cIf I was going to think about what\u2019s the most noxious breath and lizards, it would probably be a large meat-eating lizard, like a Komodo dragon,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/a\u003E. an assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGodzilla first tore across screens in the 1954 Japanese movie\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGodzilla.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;Since then, he\u2019s had many different forms in films and books. But most Godzilla forms feature his signature power move: atomic breath. This powerful beam of radiation shoots from his mouth as he roars. Maybe Godzilla\u2019s awe-inspiring atomic breath could be possible. But it would take some special tricks of biology. No matter the shape of the emitted breath, Godzilla would need a source of radiation.\u0026nbsp;Perhaps the radioactivity is coming from some truly awful breath. \u201cIf I was going to think about what\u2019s the most noxious breath and lizards, it would probably be a large meat-eating lizard, like a Komodo dragon,\u201d says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/a\u003E. an assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-10-16 14:17:46","changed_gmt":"2023-10-16 14:17:46","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Science News Explores","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/godzilla-radiation-atomic-breath","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"193037","name":"James Stroud"},{"id":"193178","name":"Godzilla"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}