WORLD: Americas, Africa and Asia head for 'supercontinent' smashup
Don't lay out any welcome mats — wait about 100 million years or so — but eventually Asia and the Americas will smash together, geologists report, burying both the Arctic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
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Crowdsourcing gamers best computers on protein folding
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Piece by piece
Austin Smith stands next to the work he's accomplished so far on his 18,000-piece Ravensburger puzzle. (CNA photo by AMY HANSEN)
'Amasia': The Next Supercontinent?
More than 100 million years from now, the Americas and Asia might fuse together, squishing the Arctic Ocean shut in the process. That's according to a new model that predicts where the next supercontinent may form. But don't worry: Humans will likely be long gone by then.