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2023-07-13 Science & Technology
The Indian Ocean has a mysterious million-square-mile 'gravity hole' where sea levels are 300ft lower – and scientists finally think they know what caused it
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Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ]  Top

#1 So - Don Lemon was right?
Posted by Raj 2023-07-13 00:33||   2023-07-13 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 
After all these years of being taught Isaac Newton's law of gravity, I guess a lot of school books will need editing?
Posted by NN2N1 2023-07-13 06:34||   2023-07-13 06:34|| Front Page Top

#3 That gravitation is not uniform over the Earth's surface has been known for a long time. The effect is even accounted for in our ICBMs' inertial guidance systems.

If you want to treat the gravitation of any large mass like a point, you better warm up that HP calculator.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-13 06:42||   2023-07-13 06:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Wait a minute. If there is less gravity, shouldn't the ocean be higher, not lower?

Or has climate change changed physics, too?
Posted by Bobby 2023-07-13 07:54||   2023-07-13 07:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Alien craft should be circling over it like hawks use a cornfield for lift.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-13 07:57||   2023-07-13 07:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Few have realized that it is triangular and constantly moving.


Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-13 08:02||   2023-07-13 08:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Wait a minute.

An interesting thought experiment.
The surrounding 'higher' gravity regions pull more water.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-13 08:31||   2023-07-13 08:31|| Front Page Top

#8 A major scientific illumination occurs:
There is no gravity. The Earth sucks.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-07-13 09:49||   2023-07-13 09:49|| Front Page Top

#9 DM/Not DM get easier.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-07-13 10:21||   2023-07-13 10:21|| Front Page Top

#10 ...you better warm up that HP calculator.

I bought an HP 12C business calculator in 1984; I still have it and carry it in my briefcase.
Posted by Raj 2023-07-13 12:36||   2023-07-13 12:36|| Front Page Top

#11 Must be where they parked that Malaysian airliner.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-07-13 12:42||   2023-07-13 12:42|| Front Page Top

#12 They just found Gaia's belly button!
Posted by Sholuth Gloper3204 2023-07-13 13:24||   2023-07-13 13:24|| Front Page Top

#13 Um, they better hope it's a belly button.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-13 13:26||   2023-07-13 13:26|| Front Page Top

#14 Isn't this a family website?
Posted by Snomorong Chusoper3371 2023-07-13 13:40||   2023-07-13 13:40|| Front Page Top

#15 ^ If your family is in to global terrorism, maybe you ought to consider camping or board games.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-13 14:14||   2023-07-13 14:14|| Front Page Top

#16 Sure it is. uhem.

Which letter holds the most water?

C.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-07-13 14:15||   2023-07-13 14:15|| Front Page Top

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