Tag: Plate

You check your email and find a message from your colleague, something along the lines of, “Hey, can you take a look at this ASAP? It’s a priority.” Meanwhile, your manager swings by your desk (or virtual workspace) asking you to handle another “urgent” project. And let...

About 20 years ago, the Professor did not dismiss the consequences of earthquakes in California. He did have a low opinion of San Francisco basically being built on a “pile of fill” with, uh, sub-optimal integrity. Again he cited nature’s power. And with a shrug he said the only...

Terrestrially, plate tectonics are a vital part of Earth’s evolution. This map of Earth shows, in black, the more than 300,000 earthquake epicenters identified from 1964-present. The earthquake locations clearly trace out a number of “lines” on the map, which correspond to a...

Lip plates are predominantly used by the Mursi, Sara and Suma tribes in Ethiopia. These tribes are well known for the large clay plates that their women wear on their lower lips. Apart from Ethiopia, there are other countries where the lip plate tradition is also prominent, as archaeologists have...