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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