SCIENCE IN THE NEWS WEEKLY
2012 Doomsday Myth Sparks Widespread Fear
Many people are worried about an apocalypse in 2012 purportedly predicted by the Mayan calendar, according to a report by National Geographic News. Survival kits, documentaries, a movie and nearly 200 books are helping to fuel the anxiety.
Meanwhile, researchers have discovered what is being described as a "missing link" dinosaur skeleton that could link the earliest dinosaurs with the large plant-eating sauropods.
And scientists said an asteroid that collided with the Earth almost 2 billion years ago, in what is known as the Sudbury impact, may have stirred the seas worldwide and delivered a huge amount of oxygen to the deep ocean.
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