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Can animals detect earthquakes through low radio-frequencies?
Every time there is a tsunami, we hear about animals fleeing to high ground and avoiding death. I've read some articles that suggest ELF/VLF sensitivity warns the animals, as they can effectively "hear" the earthquake. Any truth to that?
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Have we only mined 16 tonnes of platinum in the whole of history?
In this blog explaining how money works as a response to the debate about the USA's proposal to mint a trillion dollar platinum coin, the author quotes two estimates. One is the amount of platinum ever mined; the other is the amount required to make…
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Can earthquakes be triggered thousands of miles away?
I read on an Answers Website:
"While tectonic plates are
independent, some scientists believe
that a seismic event thousands of
miles away can trigger another seismic
event. (So, some believe the Japan
quake may have triggered the Chile
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Can a combination of wind and ice move a 700 lb (300 kg) rock?
Lately I've been thrilled by the interesting phenomenon of sliding stones (also known as sailing stones).
Photo credit: NASA/GSFC/Maggie McAdam
Wikipedia explains:
The stones move only every two or three years and most tracks develop
over three…
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Does New Caledonia have a quarter of the world's nickel?
While reading this Guardian article, this claim stood out to me:
The territory is home to a quarter of the world’s known nickel, a key component in the manufacture of rechargeable batteries, coins and stainless steel.
But according to the Mineral…
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Is Earth Crust Displacement real?
I've seen the topic of Earth Crust Displacement (a.k.a. Pole Shift Hypothesis) brought up various times in science-fiction stories and at least one movie (2012). The idea is that somehow the crust of the Earth can become unstuck and shift pretty…
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Can Jim Berkland predict earthquakes?
Jim Berkland claims that he can predict earthquakes. Can he or other people predict earthquakes better than chance?
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Can earthquakes and volcanoes be due or overdue?
Can earthquakes and volcanic eruptions be "due" or "overdue"? As in "They typically happen every X years, we haven't had one for Y years, so we're more likely to have one now"?
I heard Kevin McCloud saying something along that line in "Escape to the…
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Can "Seismic Blasting" from a ship induce massive earthquakes?
This YouTube video asks the question if the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake was caused by the ship the Amazon Warrior conducting "seismic blasting".
Is that even possible?
Green Party MP Steffan Browning posted on Facebook said it was off the coast of New…
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Carbon 14 in Coal
The creationist video claims Carbon 14 should not be found in layers older than 90 000 years old, and yet researchers found some, and concluded it was evidence of a global flood.
In 2003 a group of researchers performed an unusual test on 10 coal…
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