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How much do you know about the planet you live on? Here are 15 scientific facts about our home world to help you celebrate Earth Day in as geeky a way possible.
News has leaked that NASA will get $100 million to investigate a mission to tow an asteroid near the Earth for study. Sounds easy, right? Yeah, not so much.
Paul Broun (R-GA) gave a fiery speech last week, and said scientific concepts like the Big Bang and evolution were "straight from the pit of Hell". He also claimed the Earth was 9000 years old - which means the Earth was created a thousand years *after* humans discovered agriculture. Hmmm. BTW, this guy sits on the House Science Committee... with Todd "Women Have Magic Vaginas" Akins.
It took more than a magnifying glass to find the Higgs boson... one of the detectors is Compact Muon Solenoid, which is 50 feet high and weighs more than 12,000 tons! [Image from CERN]
Oh, so *that's* why geeks are so excited on 11/11/11.
Well, at least when doomsday hits Earth, there'll be plenty of planets to choose from.
Darth Vader must hate solar eclipses.
Software error, or does someone at BuzzFeed have it out for famous scientist and TV science presenter Brian Cox?
Astronomers now have actual pictures of planets orbiting other stars. Including, apparently, Sauron's homeworld.
Think about this the next time you're standing in front of the open fridge.
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