Submission + - "Digital Gophers" Advance Understanding of Mima mounds
Rambo Tribble writes: The BBC reports on an attempt to explain the mystery of Mima mounds. These features are found worldwide, but have, until now, defied explanation. Theories have ranged from them being burial mounds to evidence of extraterrestrial activity. This latest attempt, using computer modelling, tags generations of the lowly gopher as the mounds' architects.