#RA-2657Read AloudCore & AcademicHard
Earthquake
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Prep: 30-40 Seconds
Investigations like this one have been plodding along for 40 years, and some studies like one following the deadly Kobe quake in 1995 have found similar correlations. But study author Alasdair Skelton, a professor of geochemistry at Stockholm University, says the unpredictable subject of study makes it tough to get funding because you can in no way guarantee a result. So I get three years of money, but if there's no earthquake, there's no result.
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