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Asteroid Theory

Tropic of Colorado

In this Science Bite, Museum scientists Ian Miller and Richard Stucky show how studying the past can help us figure out how humans may be changing the future of our planet.

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Awesome-ologists

Grades 2 & 3
Expand your knowledge of dinosaurs, rocks, and the ancient world as you piece together clues and artifacts from our early ancestors to prehistoric times.

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March 25, 2010
What killed the dinosaurs? For years, scientists have come up with different theories -- everything from massive volcanoes to multiple asteroids hitting the Earth. In this Science Bite, Museum scientist Kirk Johnson explains how an international team of scientists came to the conclusion that a single, giant asteroid was the real dinosaur killer.