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During the 1960s, the feds asked fresh-out-of-school physicists to try to build a nuke with no prior knowledge.

Many science fiction authors try to incorporate scientific principles into their work, but Ian Tregillis, who is a contributing author of the Wild Cards book series when he's not working as a ...

An Eastern Cape government official is set to appear in court for allegedly misappropriating R150 000 from his department through a fuel fraud scheme. The 39-year-old, an office manager at the Eastern ...

But the scores are spot on. This cartoon is the Australian Open's free-to-watch version of the live action taking place at Melbourne Park. How has this come about? The Australian Open's official ...

As a high school student, studying physics in a classroom wasn’t enough for Curtis Szajkovics. So, he and fellow science aficionados designed a giant catapult that won international recognition.

They then flanked Jeff and used Invisible Woman’s Force Physics ability to push him off the map, securing a decisive kill and giving Jeff a taste of his own medicine.

“I mean, it’s not really new anymore and it sure as hell isn’t happy, but you too, I guess.” ...

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