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19/09

The trouble with earthquakes…

A headline we read the other day summed it up.. “Scientists can’t predict earthquakes but toads might be able to” It was about a study published in the Journal of Zoology which claimed that toads had detected the L’Aquila earthquake days before it struck. Zoologist Dr Rachel Grant studying toads…
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08/09

Step into the red zone of L’Aquila

Washing blows in the wind long since dried, a child’s toy lies abandoned in a pile of rubble, an entire bathroom hangs at an impossible angle from a decimated apartment block. On every street corner are the haunting signs of a city abandoned in minutes, as people fled their houses…
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03/09

Something in the air tonight

Our aim all along has been to shun motorways and get as close as possible to fault lines themselves. Little did we expect, however, to be able to bed down in the crater of a volcano, our mats gently warmed by the earth below, inhaling air that has been proven…
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