2023-05-22

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Tom Scott

At the University of California San Diego, there's the Shake Table: an earthquake simulator with the heaviest payload capacity in the world. ■ More about the table: https://nheri.ucsd.edu/ and the building: http://nheritallwood.mines.edu/

With thanks to everyone at UCSD, including Shiling Pei and Ioana Patringenaru

Camera: Mark Liu and David Baillot

Editor: Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmartin

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