Tom Scott

Making artificial earthquakes with a huge steel ball

S8 • E7    Feb 12, 2018    4m
In Göttingen, Germany, there's a four-tonne steel ball that can be raised up a 14-metre tower -- and then dropped in less than two seconds, crashing back to earth. It makes tiny, artificial earthquakes: here's why.

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Cast of Making artificial earthquakes with a huge steel ball

  • Wolfgang BrunkSelf
  • Tom ScottSelf - Host
  • Michelle MartinEditor

 

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