Topic: Isaac Newton
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World rankings: top 10 universities around the globe
Britain's leading higher education publication, The Times Higher Education, today released its 2012 reputation rankings for universities worldwide. Here is a list of the top 10.
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In Pictures: The Large Hadron Collider
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Love, Fiercely
'Love, Fiercely' is evocative and often captivating, but Zimmerman is forced too often to speculate about her historical subjects.
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World rankings: top 10 universities around the globe
Britain's leading higher education publication, The Times Higher Education, today released its 2012 reputation rankings for universities worldwide. Here is a list of the top 10.
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Horizons
How Heinrich Rudolf Hertz revealed the invisible world
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the man behind today's Google doodle, found what eyes could not see. Today would have been Heinrich Hertz's 155th birthday.
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Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?
First test: See how you do with this book.
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Why is the Higgs boson so important?
Physicists at CERN are increasingly confident that they have discovered the elusive Higgs boson – the so-called 'God particle' that is thought to be a key component of our understanding of the cosmos. Why does the Higgs boson matter?
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How Mary Blair brought synesthesia to the big screen
The distinctive visual style of Disney artist Mary Blair has its roots in an early-20th-century artistic movement that sought to blend sound and color.
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The Hidden Reality
Brian Greene’s latest foray into the great beyond explores the possibility that there is not one big uncharted universe but many.
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Cool Astronomy
NASA considering rail gun launch system
Rail guns, which use a magnetic field to accelerate a mass to high speeds, are being looked at by NASA as a potential space launch system.
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Atlantis astronauts aboard International Space Station honor Isaac Newton
The Atlantis crew brought along a photo of Isaac Newton, as well as a chip of wood from the famous apple tree that inspired his law of gravity, which they let float freely.
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Horizons
Hans Christian Andersen enchants the Google homepage
Scenes from the Hans Christian Andersen story 'Thumbelina' replace the search engine's logo in this latest Google doodle.
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In Pictures: The Large Hadron Collider
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Horizons
Isaac Newton: Why apples are falling on Google today
Google celebrates Isaac Newton's birthday with an animated homepage.
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Horizons
NASA Moon bombing: Did NASA really drop a bomb on the moon?
Although it's more dramatic to say NASA bombed the moon today, they really didn't. We explain why...
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The Age of Wonder
Richard Holmes paints a different picture of the Romantic Age, one in which scientific discovery and artistic creation shared close company.
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Work on 'veiled reality' earns French physicist $1.4 million award
Prestigious Templeton Prize recognizes his theory that a new reality lurks behind matter and other observable phenomena.
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The quest for the 'God particle'
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
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