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Mythbusters cannonball misses target, blasts through neighborhood

Mythbusters cannonball goes wrong: a cannonball shot for the television show Mythbusters missed its target, becoming a destructive juggernaut in a family neighborhood.
From gold rush to gold standard: history's filigree

A timeline of the precious metal's effects on the world – from gold rush to gold standard.
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Obama on 'Mythbusters': What happened with his 'death ray'?

President Obama's Mythbusters challenge didn't go as hoped – the 'solar death ray' myth he had the show tackle was, in the show's terms, 'busted,' despite the help of hundreds of San Francisco students.
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President Obama on 'Mythbusters': Will his death ray work?

President Obama's episode of Mythusters, aimed at getting teens interested in science and math, airs Wednesday night on the Discovery Channel.
Top picks: John Singer Sargent exhibit, Obama on 'Mythbusters,' Disney documentaries, and more

Portraits by John Singer Sargent on exhibit in New York, President Obama on 'Mythbusters,' three Walt Disney historical documentaries, and more recommendations
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Obama talks of 'MythBusters' - plus math, science, and tamales

President Obama has filmed a cameo on the TV show 'Mythbusters,' and when it airs Dec. 8 we'll all know if he can pronounce Archimedes. Meanwhile, students brought science projects galore to the White House on Monday.
Obama on 'The Tonight Show': Six famous presidential TV cameos

Which other sitting presidents have appeared on TV?
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Obama on 'MythBusters': Will he get to blow something up?

With President Obama on Mythbusters in December, the show will revisit a popular myth about the 'Archimedes death ray.'
Archimedes' flaming death ray was probably just a cannon, study finds

Archemedes' burning mirror, a device that was thought to concentrate the sun's rays into a laser beam that repelled an invading Roman fleet in 212 BC, was more likely a steam cannon, new research suggests.
Sunrise for solar heat power

Four technologies aim to use heat from the sun to make electricity. But which one has the edge?
The Archimedes Codex unpeeled by modern technological sleuthing

Deciphering latent script on ancient parchment makes curator Will Noel's job an Indiana Jones-style adventure
The Archimedes Codex unpeeled by modern technological sleuthing

Deciphering latent script on ancient parchment makes curator Will Noel's job an Indiana Jones-style adventure