Ten Hundred Words of Science
Complex scientific concepts explained using only the thousand most used words in the English language. Can you meet the 'up-goer five' challenge by describing your job and research? Try the Up-Goer Five Text Editor and submit your entry below!
Inspired by xckd.
Facilitated by Theo Sanderson.
Compiled by Anne Jefferson and Chris Rowan.
Inspired by xckd.
Facilitated by Theo Sanderson.
Compiled by Anne Jefferson and Chris Rowan.
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“My work tries to understand why the ground under our feet sometimes shakes and kills people.
I use especially-long light waves sent from boxes flying in space to look at cracks (faults) in the ground. With this light, I can see how quickly the faults and the close-by land are moving. Any land that moves around faults, even if it is very very slow, can store up trouble - eventually the faults will slip and the ground will shake. By searching for the areas that move the fastest, I can try to find places where the ground might shake in the days and years that follow.”— TIM WRIGHT, Satellite geodesy.
