So by firing radio pulses through the overlying sheet and recording the return echoes, scientists can plot both the depth of the rock bed and - by definition - the thickness of the ice covering.

BBC: Antarctic ice volume measured

People from the other tables had gone to bed: in the sudden silence we distinctly heard the deep roar of a serac, like the bones of a giant trying in vain to turn over in his bed of rock.

NEWYORKER: Bear Meat

But The Gingko Bed was a rock-solid No. 1 at the box office last year.

CNN: CINEMA

That night, as she lay in bed on her rock-hard mattress, Luda continued to think about Milena.

NEWYORKER: Luda and Milena

Just role out of bed in your PJs and rock the mike for a few hours a month, and you've got a real cool movie.

CNN: Celebrities get animated about voice work

They have all these classics of course, but also several dishes and variants on the norms, such as the option to have the rock shrimp tempura in a spicy sauce over a bed of micro-greens.

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Next up, things get a bit animated with Packing for Mars author Mary Roach, who will discuss the grosser side of manned space travel, while professional prognosticator (and sometimes rock musician) John Roderick kicks off his new reoccurring segment by explaining how space exploration helps him get out of bed in the morning.

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