http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/10/nsf-shakes-its-earthquake-research > A local resident inspects a fissure in the earth after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake near Ridgecrest, California, in July. > The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is shifting the foundations of its earthquake research, forcing a longtime center to compete for its continued existence while mandating that a single contractor, rather than two, manage its two large facilities for studying Earth’s shape and vibration. The agency announced the changes late last week in a meeting of its geoscience advisory committee at its headquarters in Washington, D.C.