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