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Saved you a click: "During an eclipse, the ground cools," said seismologist Martin van Driel of ETH Zurich. "It deforms unevenly, which tilts the [seismometer]" a small amount.


The phenomenon is boring, but the ability to measure it is pretty mind-blowing:

> "Imagine a 5- franc coin; now, push two silver atoms under one edge. That's the incline we're talking about: 10^-8."


Imagine a headline writer who wrote like this. I would click the dang story just out of respect and with the idea that an author like that is worth reading generally. If the headline is that informative how great would the content be?




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