Guarding integrity
Robert P Crease meets Marcia McNutt, the incoming president of the US National Academy of Sciences
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Huge magma reservoir could be lurking under South Korean island
New seismic-tomography model reveals an unexpected feature
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Between the lines
A book about the benefits of failure in science, plus a thoughtful history of earthquakes, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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Magnetic vortices record history of Earth’s magnetic field
Ancient rock record remains unaltered by vast temperature fluctuations
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Ring laser reveals subtle seismic motion
Underground gyroscope tracks rotational movement in the Earth's crust
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Between the lines
Theorist Mary Gaillard’s memoir of life at CERN in the 1960s sparkles with insights, while an overview of the hunt for the rarest metals on Earth fails to deliver the goods
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Physicists crack mystery of the spectacular stones of the Giant’s Causeway
Basalt columns are formed when cracking becomes a collective process
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Unchartered underground
Stephen Ornes shines a light on the small band of "speleophysicists" who combine their love of physics with a passion for caves
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Monitoring a smoking giant with muons: a plan for Popocatépetl
James Dacey investigates a plan to use muons to peer inside Mexico’s famous volcano Popocatépetl to help predict the timing and extent of its fiery outbursts
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Earthquakes could be triggered by sound waves that ‘fluidize’ faults
New experiments could also explain why some aftershocks occur
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