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Scientists face trial over earthquake deaths

Queasy blend of politics, media and scientific uncertainty under scrutiny in court.

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For an earlier blog post and comment thread on this story, see Italian seismologists to be tried for manslaughter

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Nosengo, N. Scientists face trial over earthquake deaths. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.325

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