WEEKEND BIG READ ... Was Russian meteor a timely warning?

The recent crash-down in Russia was a fleabite. The one in 2036 could destroy entire nations, writes Michio Kaku

MAYBE Chicken Little was right after all. It was an amazing spectacle, a rapid succession of giant asteroids blazing across the sky. First, on February 15, Russia was hit with the biggest asteroid in 100 years. Barely a few hours later, an even bigger one made the closest approach to Earth ever recorded for an asteroid of its size.

Then the residents of San Francisco, Cuba, and south Florida looked up and saw meteors streak across the sky, rattling their nerves.