Feb. 15, 2021
Mon. 02/15 - The Impactor That Killed the Dinosaurs: A New Theory
Scientists in Antarctica accidentally discovered animal life beneath an ice shelf half a mile deep. An app that lets you tune into live radio stations all over the world. A new study that challenges the long held theory about the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. And a snarky Valentine’s tradition at the El Paso Zoo.
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Links:
- Scientists Accidentally Discover Strange Creatures Under a Half Mile of Ice (Wired)
- Scientists Found Unexpected Life Half a Mile Under Antarctic Ice Shelf (Gizmodo)
- Radio Garden
- Twitter reactions to Radio Garden (David Pogue, Twitter)
- The comet that killed the dinosaurs: New theory explains possible origin of the Chicxulub impactor (Science Daily)
- Where Did the Dinosaur-Killing Impactor Come From? (NY Times)
- Astrophysicists Chart Source of Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs (Smithsonian Mag)
- El Paso Zoo's Valentine's Day naming a cockroach after an ex returns (El Paso Times)
- El Paso Zoo's “Quit Bugging Me” (El Paso Zoo)
- El Paso Zoo (Facebook)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
