What would four and a half billion years look like compressed into a single minute? The NASA Astrobiology Institute team at MIT has created an educational app for the iPad that lets players test their knowledge of Earth’s history within 60 second rounds. When did the first traces of oxygen appear? When did dinosaurs go extinct? Players can compete with others for the best score and, after viewing their results, tap on links to learn more about each milestone in the evolution of terrestrial life.

Earth in 60 Seconds can be downloaded for free through iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/earth-in-60-seconds/id892119926?mt=8

The game was developed by Foundations of Complex Life in collaboration with Better World Coding, and funded in part by the Paleontological Society.