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I think the title of the article is rather poor. It should have been called something like, "Could Past Supernovae Have Caused Historic Mass Extinctions?", Wh
by sbuttgereit 8y ago
I think the title of the article is rather poor.
It should have been called something like, "Could Past Supernovae Have Caused Historic Mass Extinctions?", Which is really what the article is concerned with.
Granted, not nearly so catchy and not nearly so evocative of pending events....
- golemotron 8y agoInteresting fact: We can tell the headline is inaccurate without looking at the article because it violates Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headli...