Things You Thought You Knew - Earth’s Spinning Core

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🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What happens if Earth’s core is slowing? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore the spinning of Earth’s core, the physics of tire pressure, and the science of toast.

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0:00.0	This is start-alk, a things you thought you knew, edition.
0:05.8	We have three segments ready to roll.
0:10.0	One of them is on Earth's core.
0:13.2	We're gonna follow that with tire pressure.
0:16.5	And we're gonna round this out
0:17.9	with something we've all done before,
0:20.0	but I don't know how much thinking
0:21.2	you've ever put into it.
0:22.8	And it's the art of making toast.
0:25.6	Now it's the physics of making toast on Start Talk.
0:32.8	Welcome to Start Talk.
0:35.5	You're a place in the universe
0:37.1	where science and pop culture collide.
0:41.1	Start talk begins right now.
0:43.6	Yeah, yeah.
0:46.6	Check.
0:47.5	Yes.
0:48.3	Hey, man.
0:49.2	People have been talking about Earth's core lately.
0:50.5	It's been in the news.
0:51.2	It's been in the news.
0:52.6	Yeah, yeah.
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