<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - rotation</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/rotation</link><description>Newsvine - rotation</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:11:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:40:30 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Chilean Quake Likely Shifted Earth's Axis, NASA Scientist Says </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Earth's rotation changed as a result of the Chilean quake because of the amount of rock that was shifted along the surface.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JimmyDaGeek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JimmyDaGeek]]></source><link>http://jimmydageek.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/02/3969737-chilean-quake-likely-shifted-earths-axis-nasa-scientist-says</link><guid>http://jimmydageek.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/02/3969737-chilean-quake-likely-shifted-earths-axis-nasa-scientist-says</guid><category>earthquake</category><category>science</category><category>chile</category><category>shift</category><category>speed</category><category>rotation</category><category>axis</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:07:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Back Side of the Moon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Many people write to ask about the fact that, from Earth, we see only one side of the moon. The moon rotates about once a month, in contrast to the once-a-day rotation of our own planet Earth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesusa Bernardo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jesusa Bernardo]]></source><link>http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/30/2375356-the-back-side-of-the-moon</link><guid>http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/30/2375356-the-back-side-of-the-moon</guid><category>space</category><category>science</category><category>moon</category><category>astronomy</category><category>earth</category><category>orbit</category><category>rotation</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:39:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>First, some basics. The Moon rises because Earth won't stop rotating.</title>
<description><![CDATA[A billion years ago, the Moon was much closer to Earth than it will be tonight. Its tighter orbit meant it needed just 20 days to go around us, to make a lunar month. Other things were noticeably different, too. A day on Earth back then was only 18 hours long.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[agila]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[agila]]></source><link>http://agila.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/16/2320634-first-some-basics-the-moon-rises-because-earth-wont-stop-rotating</link><guid>http://agila.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/16/2320634-first-some-basics-the-moon-rises-because-earth-wont-stop-rotating</guid><category>evolution</category><category>impact</category><category>science</category><category>moon</category><category>sun</category><category>orbit</category><category>rotation</category><category>solar-eclipse</category><category>tides</category><category>barycenter</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:30:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Disappearing Moon: Why and Where it Hides </title>
<description><![CDATA[Now and then a reader asks why the Moon isn't always in our night sky. While the answer is obvious to astronomers, most people have lives outside astronomy, or more to the point, they have lives that are mostly inside buildings.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[agila]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[agila]]></source><link>http://agila.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/16/2320583-the-disappearing-moon-why-and-where-it-hides</link><guid>http://agila.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/16/2320583-the-disappearing-moon-why-and-where-it-hides</guid><category>space</category><category>science</category><category>moon</category><category>astronomy</category><category>orbit</category><category>rotation</category><category>phases</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:23:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Spinning Building</title>
<description><![CDATA[An old building was turned into a masterpiece, by cutting out its windows in large shapes so you can see entire enterior from the street. The freakiest fact about this building is that those large shapes are constantly spinning around!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[natally]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[natally]]></source><link>http://natally.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/13/779846-spinning-building</link><guid>http://natally.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/13/779846-spinning-building</guid><category>art</category><category>building</category><category>interior</category><category>world-news</category><category>architecture</category><category>artwork</category><category>offbeat</category><category>windows</category><category>illusion</category><category>rotation</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:42:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>LiveScience.com: Life's Little Mysteries - What Causes Earth's Seasons?</title>
<description><![CDATA[What Causes Earth's Seasons? Find out, and return daily for investigations into the world around you.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[sciencefanatic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[sciencefanatic]]></source><link>http://sciencefanatic.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/25/374484-livesciencecom-lifes-little-mysteries-what-causes-earths-seasons</link><guid>http://sciencefanatic.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/25/374484-livesciencecom-lifes-little-mysteries-what-causes-earths-seasons</guid><category>space</category><category>who</category><category>winter</category><category>mysteries</category><category>life</category><category>season</category><category>questions</category><category>what</category><category>odd</category><category>how</category><category>odd-news</category><category>where</category><category>fall</category><category>earth</category><category>when</category><category>why</category><category>spring</category><category>orbit</category><category>strange</category><category>seasons</category><category>rotation</category><category>summer</category><category>answers</category><category>livescience</category><category>rotate</category><category>livescience-com</category><category>space-com</category><category>solarsystem</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Moon's odd bulge may betray a turbulent history</title>
<description><![CDATA[The shape of the Moon might encode subtle clues about its orbit billions of years ago, say planetary scientists in the US. Their work has turned up one possible solution to a lunar mystery first identified in revolutionary France, two centuries ago. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[K.Hodge]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[K.Hodge]]></source><link>http://hodgie.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/03/311567-moons-odd-bulge-may-betray-a-turbulent-history</link><guid>http://hodgie.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/03/311567-moons-odd-bulge-may-betray-a-turbulent-history</guid><category>science</category><category>moon</category><category>earth</category><category>bulge</category><category>spin</category><category>gravity</category><category>rotation</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:34:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>news @ nature.com - Geometric whirlpools revealed - Recipe for making symmetrical holes in water is easy.</title>
<description><![CDATA[from Tom Knox.  One wonders if there's an additional harmonic.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Suman Chakrabarti]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Suman Chakrabarti]]></source><link>http://suman.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/21/213608-news-naturecom-geometric-whirlpools-revealed-recipe-for-making-symmetrical-holes-in-water-is-easy</link><guid>http://suman.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/21/213608-news-naturecom-geometric-whirlpools-revealed-recipe-for-making-symmetrical-holes-in-water-is-easy</guid><category>science</category><category>rotation</category><category>fluid</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 02:08:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>