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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

xkcd #3205: Carbon Dating

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xkcd #3205: Carbon Dating

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This dating is corroborated by the presence of stone tools at the site, rather than earlier and less effective helium ones.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3205/

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    Still boggles my mind that literal matter came to be out of literally nothing but radiation and heat.

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      And now we can coax some matter to convert back into energy to produce power.

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      Let’s time travel and take a look!

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