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Earth's Core Spins Faster than Earth

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the round-and-round dept.

Dreamwalkerofyore writes "The New York Times has an article on a recent affirmation that the earth's core rotates faster than the earth proper. From the article: 'Confirming assertions first made in 1996, a team of geophysicists are presenting data in the journal Science today showing that the earth's inner core... spins faster than the rest of the planet. Over a period of 700 to 1,200 years, the inner core appears to make one full extra spin. That extra spin could give scientists information about how the earth generates its magnetic field.'"

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  1. Earth Core Spinning 101 by bigwavejas · · Score: -1, Troll
    Yeah, and pacemakers will stop working, birds will crash into windows and the Golden Gate bridge will melt if it stops spinning. Wasn't this already described in the movie, "The Core"?

    Oh, almost forgot the most important part. If it *ever* stops spinning, drill down to the core and set it spinning again with nuclear warheads.

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    "Simplify, simplify, simplify!" Thoreau
  2. Re:Karma whore 101 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ass raped, i think im going back to bed

  3. Re:Give my regards to the Earth's core... by telecsan · · Score: 1, Troll

    Please begin rampant conjecture and wild speculation.

    Now someone needs to create a worm-like vehicle capable of transporting nuc-u-lar weapons to the core to get it spinning at the correct rate!

    Forget the space station... take a $1billion ride to THE CORE!!!