Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Days on Earth
SPACE.com
space.com – Tue Mar 2, 10:00 am ET
The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth’s rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday.
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This was one of the many films I saw alone as a child. […]
Posted in Movies, Chile, Earthquakes |
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The Rasin Building, also known as the Dancing House
or the Fred and Ginger Building,
designed by Frank Gehry in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Frank Gehry’s Stata Centeer, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA.
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Building in Conception, Chile after an 8.8
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Images: (Stata) via foxnews.com (Rasin) via architecture-student.com (top caption) via academyofachievement.org
Posted in Architecture, Chile, Czech Republic, Earthquakes, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA |
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By Will Dunham Wed Dec 12, 12:23 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists searching for fossils high in the Andes mountains in Chile have unearthed the remains of a tank-like mammal related to armadillos that grazed 18 million years ago.
“It looks different than almost anything out on the landscape today. There really isn’t anything that’s comparable […]
Beijing steamed buns include cardboard
2 hours, 33 minutes ago
BEIJING - Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state television said.
The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television, highlights the country’s problems with […]
The world may have become ever so slightly
a better place to live.
The Washington Post included this side-bar with their story. The accented portions are my additions.
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The Career of Pinochet
– Key dates in the life of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and in the deaths of thousands:
Aug. 23, 1973 _ Named commander of the Chilean army by Marxist […]
Posted in Pinochet, Chile, Letelier-Moffitt |
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