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What makes a book (or a stack of paper) so sturdy under pressure?
I've watched an experiment where they compress a book with a hydraulic press, and the book appears to stay relatively intact under that pressure. It is mentioned that the hydraulic press has a 100-ton ...
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How do earthquakes of different strengths affect buildings of different heights?
Why is it that short buildings respond more to high frequency oscillations while tall buildings respond more to low frequency oscillations?
I would assume that how they react is related to the natural ...
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What made the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake?
The Ocean Drilling Program recently published results indicating that the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake produced a maximum co-seismic slip of more than 50 meters near the Japan Trench. This is the ...
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