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A 250-Ton Rock In India That Has Defied Gravity For 1300 Years
This thing would have baffled the brilliant mind of Sir Isaac Newton had he learned about it in his time. The rock has been sitting on a 45-degree slope just on its tapered base, frozen in time for more than 1,300 years.
By The Soulful Scribbler 4 years ago in Earth
Shiver
Tingles and sparks run across my skin. Tickles and coarseness between my clothes and skin. I vibrate and shake, I can feel every cell alight with movement, but no one else can see it. My hair stands on end, my skin bumped and raised, as though the millimeters of air will provide substantial insulation.
By Steph Ruff4 years ago in Earth
Drinking Air
My local Priceline pharmacy has started selling bottles of Chinese air. I’m late to this trend. I pull up at Castle Towers one July morning, and a hundred or more people have congregated outside the doors to Priceline and onto Terminus Street. They are huddled together like a colony of penguins, albeit with coats and masks. A large pullup banner at the entrance marks the event.
By Joshua Han4 years ago in Earth
801 - The Central Shaft in Geomancy / Geomantics
This is post 801 from my Seven Days In blog. In 1974 Brian Eno had a dream, or was inspired, and came up with a chorus for a song "The True Wheel" on the album “Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy” which went:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Earth
Fossil Fuel Divestment and Climate Change
On September 9th, 2021, Larry Bacow, the president of Harvard University, announced plans to phase out investments in oil, gas, and coal. The primary catalyst for such divestment is climate change pressure. But, in fairness, the institution has been on this path for over a decade.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
What is the Future for Our Oceans?
The President of the Pacific nation of Kiribati has stated that his country, with a population of 119,446 (2020), needs to sell off the fishing rights for their World Heritage Marine Park, known as Phoenix Island Protected Area (PIPA) (1), for US145 million to the Chinese government.
By Stacey King4 years ago in Earth
Somebody Threw It
Somebody Threw It by: Dennis R. Humphreys There was biological warfare during the middle ages. It just wasn't called that back then. Get the diseased body, the one with the plague, put it on the catapult and heave it over the castle walls. If the fear of getting the plague out paced the fear of being slaughtered by the attacking forces than the drawbridge was dropped and the attacking army entered the castle. This more than anything probably contributed to the spread of the disease, for there were so many factions and various feudal entities at war with each other, and each lord wanting what the other had in an effort to become bigger, stronger and more powerful than the next, they constantly were waging war of some kind and size. It was easier to do this and starve them out than to lose your men in a direct attack or spend a lot of time waiting. Greedy people are impatient people.
By Dennis Humphreys4 years ago in Earth
