The 1993 adventure film The Core is based on the premise that Earth’s core has stopped spinning. Earth’s magnetic field is therefore disrupted and humanity is in peril. Six scientists journey to the...

The 1993 adventure film The Core is based on the premise that Earth’s core has stopped spinning. Earth’s magnetic field is therefore disrupted and humanity is in peril. Six scientists journey to the center of Earth to set off a nuclear device to set the outer core spinning again. Discuss the scientific flaws with this basic story line.