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Earthquake and tsunami in Honshu, Japan: 11th March 2011Creative Commons Image japan_style under CC-BY-NC licence

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

11 March 2011

Shortly after news started to come through of the massive earthquake in Japan, David Rothery shared his thoughts for us.  Read more : Earthquake and tsunami in Honshu, Japan: 11th March 2011

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Can coral rings predict tsunamis?Creative Commons Image dachalan under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By The Naked Scientists (Guest)

28 February 2011

Can coral give us warning of tsunamis?  Read more : Can coral rings predict tsunamis?

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The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010Creative Commons Image Globovision under CC-BY licence

By Dr David Rothery (The Open University)

14 January 2010

Dave Rothery reacts to the Haiti earthquake; and we share a gallery of images.  Read more : The Haiti Earthquake: January 12th, 2010

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A fatal bug? Did computers cause the Air France disaster?Creative Commons Image by Abdallahh, some rights reserved

By Mike Richards (The Open University)

06 July 2009

We may never know why did the Air France Airbus A330 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean. Here we take a look at the interim report...  Read more : A fatal bug? Did computers cause the Air France disaster?

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Debate: TsunamiJupiter Images

By The Timewatch team (Guest)

30 August 2007

   Read more : Debate: Tsunami

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Tay Bridge Theories: Peter LewisProduction team

By Dr Peter Lewis (The Open University)

09 May 2007

Peter Lewis's theories about the Tay Bridge Disaster, part of the BBC/OU's programme website for Forensic Engineering  Read more : Tay Bridge Theories: Peter Lewis

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Tay Bridge Theories: Bill DowProduction team

By Bill Dow (Guest)

09 May 2007

Bill Dow gives his expert view on how The Tay Bridge came to collapse  Read more : Tay Bridge Theories: Bill Dow

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Tay Bridge Theories: Tom MartinProduction team

By Tom Martin (Guest)

09 May 2007

Tom Martin believes the Tay Bridge would have fallen, train or no train  Read more : Tay Bridge Theories: Tom Martin

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San Francisco's great quakeUsed with permission

By The Timewatch team (Guest)

18 January 2006

April 18th, 1906: The greatest natural disaster ever faced by the United States: San Francisco's great quake.  Read more : San Francisco's great quake

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Ronan PointUsed with permission

By The From Here To Modernity team (The Open University)

26 November 2001

A gas explosion in Newham changed the way towers blocks would be built.  Read more : Ronan Point

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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