Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents and New Life-Forms Are Discovered

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Article abstract: Corliss and Ballard discovered deep-sea hot springs and collected previously unknown life-forms uniquely adapted to exploit these submarine oases.

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Serendipity and science are not strange bedfellows. Some of the truly great scientific discoveries have been made when researchers stumbled upon a new phenomenon while pursuing another, often unrelated, goal. That is serendipity—a pleasant surprise discovered in the course of another study. The discovery of previously unknown life-forms and life-styles in the deep sea falls...

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