Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were formally charged for the death of Halyna Hutchins on the “Rust” movie set. The first charge was involuntary manslaughter. The second charge was involuntary manslaughter in the commission of a lawful act. Why the double-barreled charges for the same crime?
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After traveling across the continental United States, the Chinese spy balloon got shot down off the East Coast. This parody video shows the spy balloon getting shot down by Special Agent Jonesy from FortNite.
The Earth’s Inner May Have Stopped Spinning #SHORTS
Research suggests that the Earth’s solid inner core may have stopped spinning and could spin backwards. The inner core spins independently of the liquid outer core and the planetary rotation.
The core spins one way for a while, stopping, and spins the other way for a while. A complete rotation takes 70 years. The last rotation change took place in the 1970s and the next rotation change will be in the mid-2040s.
Some media outlets ran headlines that skipped the “inner” part of the Earth’s core. Some people may translate that as, “We’re all gonna to die!” Those kinds of headlines will get clicks.
For the non-scientist reading those articles, there’s not a whole lot of there there. Few people will bother to click on the link to the research report. Fewer people will pay ten bucks to rent the report for 48 hours and read beyond the first page.
Unless you’re a geophysicist, it’s all gobbledygook anyway.
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The Core (2003) Movie Review #SHORTS
“The Core” begins with a series of unexplainable events. People with pacemakers suddenly drop dead in Boston. Pigeons crashing into buildings, vehicles, and windows in London. The space shuttle goes off course to crash land in the Los Angeles channel.
Major “Beck” Childs, played by Hillary Swank, pulls out a map to figure out the new landing coordinates. Never mind that the “flying brick” has limited maneuverability when falling out of the sky to land.
Dr. Josh Keyes, played by Aaron Eckhart, figures out what is wrong with the Earth’s core. He gives his research to the White House science adviser and gets invited to the Pentagon for a briefing.
A motley crew of scientists, astronauts, and a hacker builds an “earthship” to save the planet. We take a journey to the center of the Earth to restart the core with nuclear bombs.
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The Earth’s Core Stops Spinning (Movie vs Science)
You may have missed the recent science news that the Earth’s core is slowing down and may stop spinning. What could go wrong if the Earth’s core stops spinning?
The electromagnetic field around the Earth would collapse and all life burns to a crisp by solar radiation. If that sounds like a bad science fiction movie, “The Core” with Aaron Eckhart and Hillary Swank came out in 2003.
How does a 20-year-old science fiction movie stack up against today’s science news?
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