I've finally realized why keeping the "previously unencountered form of radiation" line, possibly as hyperbole by a reporter, tickles me so. It's because it provides a possible excuse for this pull quote to accompany it:
"...which will give us a tremendous, really tremendous tremendous tremendous clue as to the origins of the Earth and what God Himself is made of."
-- Monty Python's Flying Circus, "How Far Can a Minister Fall?" (Episode 1.12, "The Naked Ant")
"...which will give us a tremendous, really tremendous tremendous tremendous clue as to the origins of the Earth and what God Himself is made of."
-- Monty Python's Flying Circus, "How Far Can a Minister Fall?" (Episode 1.12, "The Naked Ant")