Will earth break if all people on earth jump at the same time?

If you brought all 7.3 billion people in the world into one area, we'd fit into New York City (though it would be a bit cozy). But our movements could have a big implication on the world around us. read more

If all of us get together at one location and all jump 30cm into the air at the exact same time, we'd push earth away from us a tiny amount. The earth would only move away from us about one hundredth of the width of a single hydrogen atom. Then earth is just gonna move back to where it started as we're going back to where we started. read more

Earth outweighs [all the people of this earth] by a factor of over ten trillion. On average, we humans can vertically jump maybe half a meter on a good day. Even if the Earth were rigid and responded instantly, it would be pushed down by less than an atom’s width. read more

"After all the people jump they would 'fall' back down — move towards the Earth. During this time, the Earth would move back up. All would be as it once was," he told Life's Little Mysteries. read more