Comments on: Nuclear Bombs Made It Possible to Carbon Date Human Tissue http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/nuclear-bombs-made-it-possible-to-carbon-date-human-tissue/ Keeping You Current Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:46:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Rose Eveleth http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/nuclear-bombs-made-it-possible-to-carbon-date-human-tissue/comment-page-1/#comment-4808 Rose Eveleth Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:09:47 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=11419#comment-4808 Hi Tim, You're right - what I really should have said is that every year the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere decreases by half. Fixed now! Rose Hi Tim,

You’re right – what I really should have said is that every year the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere decreases by half. Fixed now!

Rose

]]> By: Tim http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/nuclear-bombs-made-it-possible-to-carbon-date-human-tissue/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 Tim Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:39:59 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=11419#comment-4806 Something doesn't add up - carbon 14 has a half life more like 6000 years... Something doesn’t add up – carbon 14 has a half life more like 6000 years…

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