Last autumn's deadly earthquake caught Pakistan's government and scientific community off guard. Now a handful of officials and academics are struggling to bring the country up to code. Geoff Brumfiel reports from the scene.
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Brumfiel, G. Shaking the foundations. Nature 440, 16–18 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/440016a
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