This reminds me of the recent episode of Radiolab that suggested the extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous might have taken only a few hours[1]. If you

This reminds me of the recent episode of Radiolab that suggested the extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous might have taken only a few hours[1]. If you thought this article was pop-y, you might be in for a surprise, but I found it quite entertaining. [1] http://www.radiolab.org/story/dinopocalypse/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/dinopocalypse/