I Wouldn't Worry About The Latest Mass Extinction Scare

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 00:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

You've seen it everywhere by now - Earth's sixth mass extinction: Is it almost here? and other articles discussing an article in Nature (471, 51–57 doi:10.1038/nature09678) claiming the end of the world is nigh.   Hey, I like to live in important times.  So do most people.  And something so important it has only happened 5 times in 540 million years, well that is really special.    But is it real?  read more

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