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What’s up with the Nepal earthquake?
In the study of giant hurricanes, the Saffir-Simpson scale provides a way to measure the relative magnitude of each storm. However, the scale has been calibrated on the basis of storms that have already occurred, and it’s not beyond nature to unleash a storm in the future that breaks the scale. Similarly, there haven’t been enough earthquakes logged in record books to know how many make a pattern, how much is too strong, or if there are time-bound ways to accurately predict earthquakes. Continue reading
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Curious Bends – WhatsApp doc, nuclear nonsense, AIDS in Mizoram and more
1. As they amass a bigger nuclear arsenal, both India and Pakistan also attend a non-proliferation conference every year “While most of the momentum behind the humanitarian initiative comes from non-nuclear weapons states, its success ultimately depends on how it influences … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahnighoto, AIDS epidemic, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mauna Kea, nuclear nonproliferation, public healthcare, seismology, Thirty Meter Telescope, Tuberculosis, US Geological Survey, WhatsApp doctors
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