Myth or Evidence?

Old stories, held up to the record.

What belongs hereA legend or traditional narrative where the interesting question is how it travelled, not merely whether it is true.

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Myth or Evidence?5 sources

Yellowstone is not overdue, and the recurrence arithmetic gives it another 100,000 years

The USGS computes the average interval between Yellowstone's eruptions — 725,000 years — calls it meaningless because it rests on two intervals, and notes that even if you trust it, there are about 100,000 years to go.

False

Aug 7, 2026

Myth or Evidence?3 sources

Nobody has settled how Devils Tower formed, and the Park Service says so

The rock is phonolite porphyry and the columns are cooling cracks — that much is agreed. How the magma got there is not. The NPS lists four origin hypotheses and says discrepancies remain for all of them.

Misleading

Aug 2, 2026

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Yellowstone is not overdue, and the recurrence arithmetic gives it another 100,000 years

Nobody has settled how Devils Tower formed, and the Park Service says so