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Quark Matter Blamed for Paired 1993 Seismic Events

Posted by chrisd on from the freaky-deaky dept.

Ethanon writes "In an article posted by BBC, scientists have suggested that two "unassociated" seismic events that occurred in 1993 were actually strange Quark matter passing through the Earth at a speed of perhaps 250 miles per second. A spec of strange Quark matter the size of a human cell is said to be so dense that it could weigh a tonne! Check it out "

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  1. is a tonne still by Archfeld · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    2000 lbs ?

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    errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?
  2. Re:Shut up already by Ironix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Goodness... Aren't we a little testy. Having a bad day?

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    Still #1 -- Lonely Gay Geek
  3. How to fix it by dizco · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    in preferences, set the 'funny' modifier to -2, set the 'foe' modifier to -2, 'friend' to +1, mark folks that annoy you as foes.

  4. Re:Imagine.. Lemiwinks! by Spackler · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Lemiwinks, Lemiwinks, your journeys almost done!

  5. Re:Imagine.. by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    OWWW!!! My Spleen!!!