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Drilling to the Center of the Earth

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-out-for-the-lavamen dept.

indylaw writes "Japanese scientists are attempting to explore the centre of the Earth." From the article: "Using a giant drill ship launched next month, the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below. The team wants to retrieve samples from the mantle, six miles down, to learn more about what triggers undersea earthquakes, such as the one off Sumatra that caused the Boxing Day tsunami."

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  1. Re:That's nice except... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I was going to blame Slashdot too, but it's the David Adam at the Gurdian that's the responsible for this sensational moronism. Of course the editors at Slashdot could filter out sensational stupidity, but they don't.