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Will-o’-the-wisps may be ignited by tiny lightning zaps created by jostling microbubbles of air and methane


Chemists have spotted tiny zaps of electricity moving between "swamp-gas" bubbles. Could they ignite methane gas to glow as wispy dancing blue flames?

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