Engineering lessons from Earthquakes

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After this week's 7.6 earthquake in Taiwan, the Earthquake Engineering Field Study Investigation Team (EEFIT) will visit to study the effects in order to design more quake-resistant buildings. The meteorological cousin of El Niño is raising wind and waves in the Indian Ocean. The sound of a 9,000-year-old Chinese flute, the oldest playable instrument found. The World Food Prize this year goes to Dr Walter Plowright for a vaccine for against Rinderpest or cattle plague.