How do scientists know the half life of a substance when the half life is longer than the time we have known about the substance?

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How do scientists know the half life of a substance when the half life is longer than the time we have known about the substance?

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The same way you that they say *a watch loses one second every thousand years*. They don’t wait a thousand years! They see how much it loses over an hour/day/whatever and extrapolate to units that are more relatable.

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