The Radiocarbon Colorado flag is similar to the official Colorado flag. However some adjustments are made. First there is a radioactive warning label over the golden sun and the number 14 appears at the 11:00 position of the letter C.
Radiocarbon dating was an idea set forth from a local son from Colorado, Willard Libby. Libby of Colorado figured that biological systems stop adding carbon to their systems after they cease to live. Consequently the amount of Carbon-14 decays with a half life of 5730 years. This connection of chemistry to biology added another key padding point to the theory of evolution.
In simple terms, a special kind of Carbon Dioxide, known as C-14, inside all living things turns into Nitrogen. So in a way, C-14 is a Trans-atom. But not all C-14 transitions at once. The transition is predictable and about half of the Tranny Carbon-14 atoms will turn into Nitrogen every 5000 years. Regular Carbon-12 is happy to exist as a Carbon-12 atom indefinitely.
Oh yeah, for the science bit...so when an organism dies, it stops breathing, so no more carbon dioxide is added or released. So the amount of Tranny Carbon-14 left in its body gives us an estimate of its age. Therefore, the more Tranny C-14 in a fossil the younger it is. The less Tranny C-14, the longer ago it died. There is less Tranny C-14 in ancient older fossils, because most of the C-14 has transitioned into Nitrogen.
Also, when Tranny Carbon-14 starts its new life as a Nitrogendered atom, it spits out an electron known as beta-radiation. A tiny amount of beta-radiation won't hurt you, but a heavy dose can do major damage. When this happens, one of its Neutrons turns into a proton and it becomes a different element...element #7, Nitrogen. This is natural alchemy! If you want to turn lead into gold, you need to purchase a PPNR, personal proton-neutron resequencer, which has not yet been invented.
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