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Still, as last week's quake in San Francisco demonstrated only too well, it does not take a Big One to deal a lethal blow. For this reason, some geologists think that the Big One has been overemphasized as a near-term threat. There are faults up and down the...
Immediate gratification has become a hallmark of the age of mobile uplinks. "The new satellite technology is wonderful," says NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw, "but it's made us hostage to our expectations that information can be instantaneous." Tuesday night was a reminder that there are limits to what even television...
The enormous energy and resources that Californians have invested in getting ready for the Big One were amply rewarded last week. Since 1971, construction codes have been tightened, buildings have been reinforced, emergency backup water supplies and communications systems have been secured. In communities throughout the state, fire and police...
I-880, also known as the Nimitz Freeway, collapsed when dozens of its concrete vertical support columns shattered during the violent shaking of the earthquake. Steel support rods inside the columns snapped like raw spaghetti under the multimillion-pound weight of the four-lane upper roadway. Some construction experts last...
The Nimrud find is especially interesting because it was made in sands that had been sifted and resifted by some of the world's most accomplished treasure hunters. Nimrud created a scientific sensation in the 1840s, when the British archaeologist A.H. Layard uncovered the lamassu, colossal, winged bull-men that...