US officials consider new tool to combat mine spills: Robots

DENVER (AP) -- Crumbling mine tunnels awash with polluted waters perforate the Colorado mountains, and scientists may one day send robots creeping through the pitch-black passages to study the mysterious currents that sometimes burst to the surface with devastating effects....

from AP Top Science News at 1:16 p.m. EST http://ift.tt/2DNtMVo