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Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

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In the second century CE, the Chinese scientist Zhang Heng developed an “earthquake weathercock.” At the 1895 International Geographical Congress, Rebeur-Paschwitz proposed setting up a worldwide network of seismological stations. Reitherman’s Earthquakes and Engineers: An International History (ASCE Press, 2012).

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This 6-Million-Dollar AI Changes Accents as You Speak

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Stanford University prides itself on its international diversity, touting that today's undergraduates hail from 70 countries. So, say, if I used an existing system to make me sound like Batman, I would sound like a Chinese-accented Batman" says Shawn Zhang , the trio's member from China. "We

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InterAcademy Council to Conduct Independent Review of the UN IPCC’s Processes and Procedures at Request of United Nations and IPCC

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Field is also founding director of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology, professor of biological sciences at Stanford University and faculty director of Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. The international experts who serve on IAC studies are not paid for their participation and are pro bono volunteers.

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Chicago Right Now

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His mother is Chinese, his father Creole. Maxwells Trading is unconstrained by pithy labels — “city food by city kids,” Mr. Wu-Bower said — which makes a dish like French onion dip with Chinese scallion pancakes both unexpected and obvious. The parents of the executive chef, Chris Jung, are Korean.

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