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489: No Such Thing As A Quiet Whitsuntide

No Such Thing As A Fish

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The Mystery of Jason and Tuzo

Near Jason and Tuzo, there are these enormous mega mountains. They're called ultra low velocity zones. And it's this weird boundary zone. Scientists claim that the gap between the core and the mantle is bigger than the change between rock and air. So what sense is Jason a mountain? It's a different type of rock. But I think it's really interesting that he's named after blokes because actually quite a lot of this science was done by women. We're literally going from the structure of the entire all life, all of everything we've ever known. Have you got an amazing story? Amazing story. Me too.

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