San Andreas Fault: Clock Ticking For Major Earthquake

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:21:00 +0100newsweek-USA (en)

California earthquakes are a geologic inevitability. The state straddles the North American and Pacific tectonic plates and is crisscrossed by the San Andreas and other active fault systems. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck off Alaska’s Kodiak Island on January 23, 2018 was just another....

MEXICO TECHNOLOGY - Mexican students build robot for earthquake search and rescue operations

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:40:00 +0100efe (en)

Mexican university students have created a spider-like robot that can find people trapped in rubble following an earthquake or other natural disaster, the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) said. "Students created the Arachnid Robot for Search and Rescue of Persons (RDB-10) to help emergency and....

Pascal Ustin Dubuisson, el haitiano que recorrió 10 países y sobrevivió para contarlo

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 20:19:00 +0100eleconomista-mx (es)

El joven haitiano Pascal Ustin Dubuisson cruzó 10 países por carretera, en lancha y caminando por la selva. Cuidándose de ladrones, animales salvajes, polleros desleales y fuerzas de seguridad que en las revisiones suelen quedarse con el dinero ajeno. Cuatro meses después, en diciembre de 2016, Pascal llegó a Tijuana, México.