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- Giant Blobs of Rock, Deep Inside the Earth, Hold Important Clues About Our Planet
- This message will self-destruct
- Insects were already using camouflage 100 million years ago
- Gamble on your opponent's gaze if you want to win
| Giant Blobs of Rock, Deep Inside the Earth, Hold Important Clues About Our Planet Posted: 24 Jun 2016 12:50 PM PDT Two massive blob-like structures lie deep within the Earth, roughly on opposite sides of the planet. The two structures, each the size of a continent and 100 times taller than Mount Everest, sit on the core, 1,800 miles deep, and about halfway to the center of the Earth. Researchers suggest these blobs are made of something different from the rest of Earth's mantle, and are determined to figure out what that is. |
| This message will self-destruct Posted: 24 Jun 2016 12:49 PM PDT In movies and television shows, audio tapes or other devices self-destruct after delivering the details of impossible missions. Scientists have taken it to a new level. |
| Insects were already using camouflage 100 million years ago Posted: 24 Jun 2016 12:47 PM PDT Those who go to a masked ball consciously slip into a different role, in order to avoid being recognized. Insects were already doing something very similar in the Cretaceous: They cloaked themselves in pieces of plants, grains of sand, or the remains of their prey, in order, for example, to be invisible to predators. Scientists hav now investigated such 'invisibility cloaks' encased in amber. |
| Gamble on your opponent's gaze if you want to win Posted: 21 Jun 2016 08:15 AM PDT Blackjack players who hold high-value cards tend to glance fleetingly to the right, whereas those with a lower-value hand do so spontaneously to the left. This is according to research on aspects of mental arithmetic. |
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