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Yellowstone Supervolcano Larger Than First Thought 451

drewtheman writes "New studies of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park shows the plume and the magma chamber under the volcano are larger than first thought and contradicts claims that only shallow hot rock exists. University of Utah research professor of geophysics Robert Smith led four separate studies that verify a plume of hot and molten rock at least 410 miles deep that rises at an angle from the northwest."

Comment Re:Krugman's a fruit (Score 1) 360

The US lags because we set up our telcom infrastructure the first, and thus have the most primitive last-mile connections.

...and we've decided that instead of investing in some new infrastructure to remain competitive with the rest of the world, we'll just let the phone companies milk the cow dry for as long as they damn well please.

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