Leading West Coast seismologists are calling for the establishment of an earthquake early-warning system in California, Oregon and Washington. Wrapping up a closed-door summit at Berkeley, scientists said Tuesday that the now-mature technology would save lives and speed recovery from a large temblor.
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On the state's central coast near present-day Aņo Nuevo State Park, a large and politically powerful indigenous village known as Quiroste once played a key role in California's story. A Berkeley-led research team, collaborating with several native tribes, is working there to uncover how California Indians lived before contact with Europeans.
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An Appalachia native proud of his hillbilly roots, doctoral candidate Brandon Nida is doing archaeological research in the West Virginia county that saw the largest labor insurrection in U.S. history. He efforts could help protect the site from mountaintop-removal mining.
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