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  • Walter Pitman and the Smoking Gun of Plate Tectonics

    Walter Pitman and the Smoking Gun of Plate Tectonics

    “We had this magic key, this magic magnetic profile,” Pitman said. “We were able to date it and eventually use it not only as a tool that proved continental drift but a tool by which we could actually reconstruct the pattern of drift, that is the relative position of the continents, and the actual timing…

  • Bird Brain

    Bird Brain

    A pigeon’s got cells in its brain That link up with its inner ear. Despite any wind, fog, or rain, These talented birds, they can steer!

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  • Walter Pitman and the Smoking Gun of Plate Tectonics

    Walter Pitman and the Smoking Gun of Plate Tectonics

    “We had this magic key, this magic magnetic profile,” Pitman said. “We were able to date it and eventually use it not only as a tool that proved continental drift but a tool by which we could actually reconstruct the pattern of drift, that is the relative position of the continents, and the actual timing…

  • Bird Brain

    Bird Brain

    A pigeon’s got cells in its brain That link up with its inner ear. Despite any wind, fog, or rain, These talented birds, they can steer!