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

    LiveScience writers are really, really high right now.

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

    don't they mean Mars?

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

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

  7. 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?