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Comment Seismographs (Score 1) 36

Interesting, because the Apollo 12 crew crashed their ascent module into the surface before leaving orbit, and the seismographs they deployed on the surface recorded that the Moon rang like a bell for a full 55 minutes after the collision, seeming to indicate an at least partially hollow structure, though scientists explained that it was probably due instead to the lack of water in the geology.

Comment So, they're comparing.. (Score 2) 181

predictions made by the bottom 2.5%, with predictions made by the top 2.5%? I think it was Sagan who speculated that the difference between the average person and say Gauss, Einstein, or Newton may be greater than that between the average person and chimps. so the study may have provided more insight if they instead didn't compare the extremes, but rather samples closer to the average.

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