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Geophysicists Mapped the ‘Plumbing’ That Feeds Yellowstone’s Famous Hot Springs
A team of geophysicists recently strung a large wire loop from a helicopter and flew over Yellowstone National Park in order to see its hidden underground networks. They managed to collect a trove of data that highlighted electrical and magnetic properties of the water and earth under the park, as well as how the hot…
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These Disgusting Worms Can Basically Survive In Hell
Colorado is home to Sulphur Cave, which is exactly what it sounds like: A big, nasty hole that’s filled with deadly gas and dripping with acid. Nothing should live there. It’s basically hell on Earth. But then, scientists discovered clumps of limnodrilus sulphurensis wriggling around on the cave floor.