A Proper Paleontologist Is Always Prepared
Badlands near Drumheller, Alberta, where erosion has exposed the KT boundary.
The Four-Year-Old, working away at her backyard dig while her mother reads nearby: “Mommyo, when I get to the asteroid level, I’m going to need a heavier shovel.”
The Four-Year-Old, pausing a few moments later to knock the dirt off her plastic Dora the Explorer shovel: “How do scientists get through the asteroid layer?”
Mother: “I don’t know.”
The Four-Year-Old: “Will you look it up?”
Mother dutifully asks the iPhone, but before the iPhone can answer, the Four-Year-Old again: “Mommyo, if I find a mammoth bone, can I keep it?”
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[…] Physorg.com’s Guide to Deflecting Unwelcome Visitors: As our eyes were on the sky this week (or rather the Web’s virtual reproduction of it), we naturally wondered what would happen if 2005 YU55′s orbit hadn’t ensured a near-miss. If an asteroid were on a collision course with the Earth, would we be able to deflect it? Fortunately, physorg.com is on the case, with a catalog of every way of deflecting asteroids known to man (so far). The Four-Year-Old is particularly taken by the plastic wrap idea. “Mommyo, what if NASA put the asteroid in a Ziploc and gave it to me? Can I keep it?” […]
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