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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Laziness Isn’t What You Think (w/ Dr. Devon Price)
Learn about how we know that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. We’ll also talk to social psychologist and author Devon Price about how laziness might actually benefit us.
December 08, 2020
Episode Show Notes:
The Epic Tale of the 5th Mass Extinction (Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary) by Natalia Reagan
- Alvarez, L. W., Alvarez, W., Asaro, F., & Michel, H. V. (1980). Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction. Science, 208(4448), 1095–1108. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.208.4448.1095
- Alvarez, W. (2009). The historical record in the Scaglia limestone at Gubbio: magnetic reversals and the Cretaceous‐Tertiary mass extinction. Sedimentology, 56(1), 137-148. Source link
- Jaggard, V. (2019) What Killed Dinosaurs: New Ideas About the Wipeout. National Geographic.
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/prehistoric-world/dinosaur-extinction/
- A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Alvarez finds evidence of dinosaur-killing asteroid. (1998). Pbs.org. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do80di.html
- What’s the hottest Earth’s ever been? | NOAA Climate.gov. (2020). Climate.Gov. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been
- Byrnes, J., & Karlstrom, L. (2018, February 7). More bad news for dinosaurs: Chicxulub meteorite impact triggered global volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/more-bad-news-for-dinosaurs-chicxulub-meteorite-impact-triggered-global-volcanic-eruptions-on-the-ocean-floor-91053
- Black, R. (2019, September 9). What Happened the Day a Giant, Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit the Earth. Smithsonian Magazine; Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-impact-chicxulub-crater-timeline-destruction-180973075/
- Alvarez Theory on Dinosaur Die-Out Upheld: Experts Find Asteroid Guilty of Killing the Dinosaurs. (2010, March 9). News Center. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2010/03/09/alvarez-theory-on-dinosaur/
- The Demise of the Dinosaurs. Vanderbilt.Edu. https://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/physics/astrocourses/ast201/kt_exti
Additional resources from Dr. Devon Price:
- Preorder "Laziness Does Not Exist" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/393WHTM
- Dr. Devon Price on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drdevonprice
- Dr. Devon Price on Medium: https://devonprice.medium.com/
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