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How Earth Resembles a Gooey Confection

Posted by timothy on from the distinct-lawyers-of-slime dept.

Ant contributes a link spotted on Neatorama that may upset middle school Earth Science teachers, writing "LiveScience says Earth's simple schematic is not core, mantle, and crust anymore. It is more like the gooey center of a chocolate morsel harboring peanut butter and honey. Inner Earth is far more nuanced than outward appearances would suggest. A new model is proposed in the May 2, 2008, issue of the journal Science."

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  1. Tolkein will be offended too... by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny

    may upset middle school Earth Science teachers, writing Not to mention Middle Earth School Science teachers!
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  2. Yes, but by 427_ci_505 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where's the cream filling?

    Earth. That's the stuff.

  3. OMNOMNOMNOM by Plazmid · · Score: 2, Funny

    OMNOMNOMNOM!

    1. Re:OMNOMNOMNOM by hayagriva · · Score: 5, Funny

      Damnit, the last thing we needed is to make Galactus more interested in our delicious planet.

  4. As Homer would say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mmmmmmm. Earth. *Drool*.

  5. In Other News.... by thesymbolicfrog · · Score: 3, Funny

    LiveScience writers are really, really high right now.

  6. Bastards! by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's way too close to my theory that the Earth has a tasty nougat center! That's intellectual property, that is!

  7. Aren't they confused ... by SigmaTao · · Score: 5, Funny

    don't they mean Mars?

  8. Supersonic Nazi Hell Creatures by Eudial · · Score: 3, Funny

    I believe in the Supersonic Nazi Hell Creatures from Inside the Hollow Earth. If the Earth is truly "solid", how can there be Supersonic Nazi Hell Creatures from Inside the Hollow Earth? There CAN'T! Hah! So the earth MUST be hollow. So much for your wishy washy "science" and "progress".

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  9. Re:It CANNOT be THAT different.. by Eudial · · Score: 2, Funny

    EISENSTEIN? Yeah, Eisenstein was what happened when Heisenberg was merged with Einstein in a horrible teleporter accident. The scientists involved swore to never speak of it in public, and keep the teleporter technology a secret, but I guess there is no putting back the toothpaste into the tube now.
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  10. The diagram is a lie by cheebie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait, are you trying to tell me the earth is not composed of precisely circular layers colored red, orange, and yellow, with an itty-bitty circle of brown on the outside? Next you'll try telling me there isn't a gigantic wedge-shaped cutout from pole to pole in the pacific ocean.

  11. Of course! by mattgoldey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well of course the planet is like a gooey piece of chocolate candy. Haven't you ever noticed that it's covered in NUTS?

  12. Man, no wonder... by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...Galactus wants to eat it!