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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

Magnets! How do they work!?!

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

In layperson's terms: Standing in a certain spot while holding an iron bar will stop COVID from reproducing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Magic rocks!

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 hours ago

They forgot to include the crucial step where you reverse the polarity of the neutron flow

[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

What is this Star Trek incantation shit

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 hours ago

I'm a little bit stoned and it took me like 2 solid minutes and several rereads to figure out what the fuck this was, and I still think it's just buzzword salad

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 hours ago

Yeah... Hmm... Oh yeah.

I know some of these words.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 hours ago

Someone swallowed a dictionary.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Okay, but now I really want to read the rest of the paper to see what R'lyehian incantations it contains.

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From Wikipedia

Serpentinization is a hydration and metamorphic transformation of ferromagnesian minerals, such as olivine and pyroxene, in mafic and ultramafic rock to produce serpentinite.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Lithosphere:

A lithosphere (from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) 'rocky' and σφαίρα (sphaíra) 'sphere') is the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite. On Earth, it is composed of the crust and the lithospheric mantle, the topmost portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of up to thousands of years or more.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Magnetic Anomaly

In geophysics, a magnetic anomaly is a local variation in the Earth's magnetic field resulting from variations in the chemistry or magnetism of the rocks. Mapping of variation over an area is valuable in detecting structures obscured by overlying material.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Proterozoic Eon

Proterozoic rocks have been identified on all the continents and often constitute important sources of metallic ores, notably of iron, gold, copper, uranium, and nickel.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Weakened geomagnetic field:

Over the last 200 years, the magnetic field has lost around 9% of its strength on a global average. A large region of reduced magnetic intensity has developed between Africa and South America and is known as the South Atlantic Anomaly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago

Biogenic molecules

A biogenic substance is a product made by or of life forms.

aka fake buzz word

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Wikipedia the next part of that title, because broken down bit by bit, shit still doesn't make sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure the link between geology and virology will come clear, but IANAGeologist, nor Virologist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I just tried to break it down in my comment chain. Absolute bat shit.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

In the Chinese language, Lóng 龍 is dragon. Di Long, literally earth dragon is what we call earth worms. So yes, dragons exist, depending on one's definition of the term, naturally.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

I think olms should be dragons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Ropefish i choose you

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed. Can we genemod them for fire, or would that be silly and impetuous?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

I believe they should blow bubbles like any good water dragon.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago

Was there a competition for longest paper title that I missed?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

There is no ~~war~~ pandemic in Ba Sing Se

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

SECRET TUNNEL!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, small deviation, was it ever "Ba Sing Sah' instead of "Ba Sing Se"? Cause everybody that I know (and who knows ATLB) tells me it was always "Ba Sing Se", but I almost swear that it was "Ba Sing Sah"...I can hear her saying "Bah Sing Sah"...have I been brainwashed?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Nah bro it was always Ba Sing Se. You're on some weird Mandela effect, must be in the wrong timeline.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

serpentinization, lol

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