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Let’s Model Radioactive Decay to Show How Carbon Dating Works

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Let’s Model Radioactive Decay to Show How Carbon Dating Works
You can use Legos, pennies, beans---whatever, really---and a six-sided die to model radioactivity. Why? Because physics is fun. The post Let's Model Radioactive Decay to Show How Carbon Dating Works appeared first on WIRED.
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