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Living in history: How some historical events shape our memory
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 23, 2009 |
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If you are resident of New Orleans, how would you describe personal events that occurred shortly before August 2005? Would you refer to them as happening "back in July of 2005" or would you describe them as happening "just ...
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USGS monitoring Twitter for earthquake details
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- OMG! Earthquake!
1906-type earthquake could be devastating
Mar 17, 2006 |
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If a similar magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit San Francisco as it did in 1906, the damage would be on the magnitude of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Can China's future earthquakes be predicted?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Ji ShaoCheng of the Université de Montréal's affiliated engineering school École Polytechnique is part of a team studying last May's devastating earthquake in China.
Australian continent to blame for Samoa, Sumatra quakes
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Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent earthquakes in the Pacific and Indonesia have one University of Queensland researcher questioning whether the two are related.
Chemistry of San Andreas Fault may offer clues to earthquake mysteries
Oct 22, 2007 |
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Scientists have obtained core samples from deep inside California's San Andreas Fault for the first time, a finding that may lead to a better understanding of the underground molecular events associated with earthquakes, ...
One year after Solomon Islands, scientists learn barrier to earthquakes weaker than expected
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Apr 02, 2008 |
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On the one year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Solomon Islands that killed 52 people and displaced more than 6,000, scientists are revising their understanding of the potential for similar giant ...
For earthquakes 'speed kills'
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Aug 17, 2007 |
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High-speed ruptures travelling along straight fault lines could explain why some earthquakes are more destructive than others, according to an Oxford University scientist.
China panda population stable: report
Sep 19, 2009 |
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China's wild panda population has remained stable despite last year's Sichuan earthquake that damaged key areas of the endangered species' habitat, state press said Saturday.
Listening to rocks helps researchers better understand earthquakes
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Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- 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," ...
May 2008 earthquake in China could be followed by another significant rupture
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Sep 10, 2008 |
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Researchers analyzing the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China's Sichuan province have found that geological stress has significantly increased on three major fault systems in the region. The magnitude 7.9 quake on May 12 ...
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