A new species of nematode that scientists discovered in the Beatrix mine. Credit: Gaetan Borgonie/University Ghent, Belgium
Sept. 12, 2016
Kenneth Change, New York Times - Sept. 12, 2016
WITWATERSRAND BASIN, South Africa — A mile down in an unused mine tunnel, scientists guided by helmet lamps trudged through darkness and the muck of a flooded, uneven floor. Leaning a ladder against the hard rock wall, Tullis C. Onstott, a geosciences professor at Princeton.