Random Tusks

Shootout: YDB hypothesis debate at Laramie AMQUA conference

See session proceedings here. Session 5: Comet Impact as the Cause of the Younger Dryas: Pros and Cons Chair: Dan Muhs Allen West 1:00 p.m. Allen West – The Younger Dryas impact controversy: Exploring the competing hypotheses for the deposition of nanodiamonds, magnet c spherules, and other evidence at 12.9 ka Todd Surovell 1:30 p.m. Todd Surovell – Magnetic grains and microspherules from…
Read more
755
Share

Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

Random Tusks

Moon to Earth: New LRO Lunar Crater Analysis has potential to revise impact frequency for Terrafirma

By comparing the LRO pictures with images collected by Apollo missions in the 1970s, they have found five craters that have appeared in the past four decades. That is helping the team to determine how frequently objects strike the Moon, says planetary geologist Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona in Tucson. They have only surveyed a small sliver of the Moon, and expect to find more craters…
Read more
555
Share

Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

Random Tusks

Rohrabacher keeps eyes to the sky while others pols dawdle

Two great Americans We need to take the next step. Our NEO search and tracking program continues to move forward, but nobody is taking responsibility for protection. I am more confident than ever in our ability to identify potential threats from asteroids and comets, but it is critical to the future of humanity that we develop the capabilities to protect ourselves from those…
Read more
513
Share

Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

Random Tusks

Video: Man cares for flowers, birds on Carolina Bay Lake Waccamaw

A good friend sent me this video this morning. His father has known the gentleman featured, 91 year-old John O’Neil, for many years and attests to what a great fella he is. I don’t know Mr. O’Neil, but in the course of my work I have been fortunate to meet a lot folks like him, people who care personally and tenderly for land they have lived on for many, many years. A nice…
Read more
452
Share

Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

Random Tusks

Breaking: WISE mission misleads public with confusing comet stats

In my day work I am no stranger to government bureaucracies and “programs” manipulating information about their activities until it suits them to do otherwise.  The WISE mission is no different. In March of this year David Shiga wrote an obviously informed article revealing early results of the WISE mission (below).  Six weeks into WISE’s work, someone revealed to Shiga (I…
Read more
675
Share

Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question

Random Tusks

A Nickel Pickle Part C

A NICKEL PICKLE The Problems of Building High-Tech From a Meteoroid Wreck by Bob Kobres Part C The contemporary picture of pre-history has been pieced together with total disregard for the effects impact phenomena had on our ancestors. Obviously the image of our past will be much different when this newly discovered influence is factored in. As already mentioned, it is becoming clear that…
Read more
507
Share

Charles Appleton Day

2021 Tall el-Hammam study makes final Jeopardy! question