Earthquake "prediction" is an attractive prospect though widely accepted to be impossible (barring some neutrino/quantum/more-advanced/$ geophysics). "Forecasti

Earthquake "prediction" is an attractive prospect though widely accepted to be impossible (barring some neutrino/quantum/more-advanced/$ geophysics). "Forecasting" is the more apt term. At any rate, this and other articles are stirring up buzz using just one of many products coming from this experiment, and IMO the least exciting simply because of how unlikely success will be. ICARUS will primarily help us understand • "the ontogeny of behavioral and movement traits of animals in the wild, and • the selection acting on individuals in the wild (i.e., where, why and when do individuals die)"