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Melott to present 2014 Peterson general public 1xbet online games login in physics about the astrophysical threats to life on Earth
Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas, will present the 2014 Chester Peterson Jr. Public 1xbet online games login in Physics. This 1xbet online games login , "Death from the Skies: Astrophysical Threats to Life on Earth" will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, in Town Hall at the Leadership Studies Building. This 1xbet online games login will not be of a technical level and is geared toward the general public.
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Melott's work has been featured on the National Geographic program "Extinctions" as well as on the Weather Channel's "Forecasting the End."
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