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LiveScience: How do scientists figure out how old things are?
LiveScience has an informative piece about how scientists measure the age of something. The article mentions radiocarbon dating for more recent organic material and uranium-thorium-lead for older objects. But, there are other radioactive substances that can also be used, such as potassium-argon. Check it out if you’ve been curious how the process works. The ability…
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New Archaeological Lab at McMaster University, Canada
From TheSpec (includes interesting video): … Thursday marked the official opening of McMaster’s Archaeological XRF Lab, or MAX Lab, for short. It’s the first research centre in Canada to use a special non-destructive technology to determine what ancient artifacts are made of. The centrepiece of the lab is a nearly $100,000 piece of equipment that uses…
