Comet Research Group member and PhD Candidate Marc Young, of Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, has made a mammoth 50,000+ word contribution to the YDIH literature.
The article analyses the history of the YDIH, including arguments for and against it, how the hypothesis has evolved over time, and the current state of the debate. It offers the deepest analysis of several key issues yet…
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The Comet Strike Theory That Just Won’t Die
Reporters, too, are complicit. “The failure to properly report evidence for the Younger Dryas Impact will one day be understood as the worst intellectual crime in the history of science journalism,” writes the Comet Research Group member George Howard, who describes himself as an “avocational expert” and “noncredentialed scientist,”…
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I emailed an inquiry to Hermine Landt-Wilman of Durham University, and Chair of the Organizing Committee for the Astrobiology Conference that rudely canceled Chandra Wickramasinghe’s Public Lecture in April. I introduced the affair in a post here. I will post any further correspondence from or with Durham University or Landt-Wilman below as it is received. I also intend to send another…
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Tusk buddy Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe was gleefully invited by Durham University to give an evening lecture this April on the origin of life. And was cancelled today without courtesy or explanation. Queen Elizabeth II thought well enough of Chandra to appoint him, the year she died, to be a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Read the invitation and cancellation below for…
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Nature link
The different age components are used to evaluate the age of each sample. Other information, such as stratigraphy and artifacts, are used to select components most likely to represent the depositional age. We also have well-dated YDB microspherule and platinum peaks at more than 40 sites across 5 continents that, when present, provide useful chronostratigraphic anchors for selecting…
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One of the many cool things about going on podcasts is being invited to guest and discovering a new podcast you love! That was certainly the case with Demystify Sci with Michael and Anastasia. I could not have enjoyed the conversation more. They are both highly intelligent, which beats the alternative and allows a guest to talk “up” to their level of understanding, rather than…
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There is so much excellent content coming out from Cosmic Summit 2024 speakers it is hard to keep up. See below for some wonderful new work from these Tusk buddies — and my new podcast The Foxhole.
Jahannah James runs down the plasmoid technology
The Comprehensive and Well-curated Plasmoid Playlist
Jahannah James absolutely nails it here. This technology is extraordinarily difficult to…
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