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Le Bos, mais pourquoi pas la France?!

But why not France, Bos!? The news release Independent investigators have failed to confirm the reports of enhanced concentrations of spherules and platinum-group elements in YD boundary sediments. Boslough, Surovell et al., January 30, 2013, Arguments and Evidence Against a Younger Dryas Impact Event    Interhemispheric evidence of a cosmic impact 12.9 ka is known now…
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Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

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Steamed: Ted Bunch From the Heart On Boslough and Scott

This afternoon former NASA geochemist Ted Bunch dropped the Tusk the note below. It is thrilling to see a core YDB researcher with a five decade track record [and here] willing to stand up to his bullies in frank and personal terms, outside the stilted literature and self-serving press releases. The recent Boslough et al. paper and coordinated press releases are insulting to Dr. Bunch.
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Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question