Earthquakes: Science on Shaky Ground

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week, 10 years on from the earthquake that caused the Fukushima disaster, we're looking at the science of earthquakes, new techniques to protect ancient buildings from quake damage, and are we any closer to predicting these awesome forces of nature? Plus in the news: Why countries across the EU stopped, and then restarted, using the AstraZeneca vaccine, how lightning helped life on the early Earth, and do we owe our fine sense of touch to our fingerprints? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:24.4	Adam Murphy. Coming up this week, why countries across the EU stopped and then restarted
0:29.8	using the AstraZeneca vaccine, how lightning helped life on the early earth and do we owe our
0:34.8	fine sense of touch to our fingerprints.
0:37.5	Plus 10 years on from the earthquake that caused the Fukushima disaster, a new technique
0:42.2	to protect ancient buildings from quake damage
0:45.0	and are we any closer to predicting these awesome forces of nature?
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0:57.0	First up this week a suspected link to the development of a rare
1:06.3	syndrome involving the formation of blood clots in the brain's blood vessels
1:10.0	led to 18 European countries temporarily halting their use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine
1:16.4	pending an investigation by the EMA, the European Medicines Agency.
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