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Giant sinkhole discovered in China

From LiveScience:

A team of Chinese scientists has discovered a giant sinkhole with a forest at its bottom. 

The sinkhole is 630 feet deep, according to the Xinhua news agency, deep enough to just swallow St. Louis's Gateway Arch.

A team of speleologists and spelunkers rappelled into the sinkhole last month, discovering that there are three cave entrances in the chasm, as well as ancient trees 131 feet tall, stretching their branches toward the sunlight that filters through the sinkhole entrance. 

The exploration of the cave was conducted under the aegis of the Institute of Karst Geology of the China Geological Survey.

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Just in: file under "science imitates nature":

Has China's FAST telescope detected alien intelligence?

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SX-70

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In 1972 the Polaroid Corporation commissioned the Eames Office to produce a film introducing the new and revolutionary SX-70 instant-photography camera developed by Edwin Land.

The film demonstrates several potential uses for the camera and shows how it operates.

It was first shown at a Polaroid stockholders meeting and later used within Polaroid as a sales tool.

The Eames Office used live-action footage as well as animated segments to create the film.

SX-70 was the first of four films that Charles and Ray made for Polaroid.

The film won a Bronze Plaque at the Columbus International Film Festival in 1975.

Once Upon a Time in America

In the early 1950s Wonder Bread

built strong bodies 8 ways.

After a few years, by dint of some serious alchemy known only to Mad Men and their ilk, 

8 became 12.

No BBQ joint worth its pink smoke ring would dream of serving anything else alongside its main event.

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10 Authors Whose Next Books Can't Come Soon Enough

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• Thomas Powers

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