-4978- - 2008-01-23 - Gwen Diamond -tj Cummings -little Billy Page

Fast forward to . In a cramped geology lab at the University of Alberta, Dr. Tj Cummings —a stubborn, chain-smoking paleoclimatologist—was studying a core sample drilled from a Greenland ice sheet. Beside him sat his young field assistant, Little Billy (real name: William Bilinski Jr., nicknamed for his short stature and insatiable curiosity).

Tj noticed something odd. The isotope ratios in a layer dated to showed a sudden, unexplained methane spike—too brief for a volcanic event, too precise for a meteor. "Billy," Tj said, pointing at the graph. "This looks like someone lit a match in the prehistoric atmosphere for about six hours, then nothing." Fast forward to

To this day, climatologists quietly call it the "Diamond Anomaly." And every January 23, Tj Cummings calls Little Billy to say: "She’s still out there, kid. Bending light across seven thousand years." Beside him sat his young field assistant, Little

Little Billy zoomed in on the data. "Or… something reflected heat downward for a short time. Like a lens." "Billy," Tj said, pointing at the graph