Some readers might think the answer to this question is so obvious that maybe we’re offering it as a kind of joke—but it’s no joke. A growing number of people seem to actually believe the earth is flat, a view that a few NBA stars recently voiced.^1,2 Do we know the earth is round, and does it matter?

Nodosaurs were tank-like dinosaurs, similar to ankylosaurs, covered with spiky scales and a pair of two-foot-long spikes—one protruding from each shoulder. Miner Sawn Funk encountered one during 2011 in Alberta’s Millennium Mine. The fossil turned out to be the best of its kind.