Listening to rocks helps researchers better understand earthquakes

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 14:42 in Astronomy & Space

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When Apollo punished King Midas by giving him donkey ears, only the king and his barber knew. Unable to keep a secret, the barber dug a hole, whispered into it, "King Midas has donkey ears," and filled the hole. But plants sprouted from the hole, and with each passing breeze, shared the king's secret. Earth, as it turns out, has other secrets to divulge.

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