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What can plate tectonics teach us?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

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The Earth's Core Reversal of Slowing Down

Vidaly: We're using the tremors of earthquakes to measure what the center of the earth is consisting of. Nuclear tests are very powerful signals that can light up things that are otherwise hard to see, he says. Vidaly: If the public were doing this, it would take decade-long experiments with 20 or 50 instruments. It wouldn't be a fun hobby.

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