Witness the groan-worthy depths to which we will descend to make earth science more appealing to the masses.  Discovery News: Worldwide ‘Love’ Vibe Detected.  *sigh*  “A subtle and mysterious global hum has been detected by seismologists studying records from Earth’s most boring seismic stations … The Love wave is a [toroidal] mode [of vibration] that essentially [slowly] torques the Earth’s north and south hemispheres against each other.”  No cause for alarm, just curiosity.  To be clear, “boring seismic station” here means one situated in a  tectonically quiet area, far away from active plate boundaries and hot spots, not one painted grey with a fake potted plant and a well-worn copy of Newsweek from 1988 in the waiting room.