Think You Know the Temperature of the Earth’s Core? Think Again!
The interior of the Earth is an inherently obscure and mysterious realm--so hidden and inaccessible from surficial observers that it's long fired the imaginations of science-fiction writers as a redoubt of mythical and prehistoric beasts, wild landscapes, and lost civilizations. Scientific progress over the past century or so, however, has hugely illuminated the structures and processes of the planet's inna ...
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