Earth’s Inner Core Has Paused Its Spinning and That May Not Be Good

Did you feel something? No? Did you feel nothing? That may be worse. A new study reveals that the Earth’s inner core – that hot ball of iron in its center – has stopped rotating and is in a ‘pause’ state. While ‘pause’ is a good state for your TV when you need to run to the bathroom, it sounds like a bad thing for the core of a planet where everything else is still spinning. Does the Earth’s core need a jumpstart? Does this affect time? Can science explain it? Are we in trouble? Let’s find out.