The folks at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center are creating mock earthquakes — the sim pictured represents a 4.4-magnitude tremor in a valley in northern Greece. From there, architects and regulators can more easily decide what type of structure to build in that area.

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge are studying fruit fly intestines under the microscope. Why, you ask? Aside from the lovely images that have resulted, the team is trying to learn more about digestion — particularly human digestion and what our 500 million intestinal nerve cells are up to at any given time.

The corded phones of yore made it very easy to keep track of calls. Today, cellphones are shoved into purses and pockets and we don't always find them in time to answer....