The Man Who Grasped the Heavens' Gravitas
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The New York Public Library focuses on Isaac Newton and the influence of his ideas in its thoughtful and engaging exhibition.
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Howard Hughes, the man who inspired acclaimed movie The Aviator, led a glamorous but ultimately tragic life.
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For a man with such strong convictions, the Holy Father has shown a surprising penchant for verbal missteps
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As a retired pilot himself, Roy W. Roush knows a good aviator holds the elevation steady while gliding through the clouds. In the 15 years he was friends with space pioneer Leroy Gordon Cooper, Roush flew
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It is considered the most  magisterial opening in English literature: "In the beginning  God created the heaven and the earth."
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In the folklore of physics, no story is better known than the tale of Galileo dropping balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and proving that gravity accelerates all objects equally regardless of their masses or composition.  This is called the &quot;equivalence principle,&quot; and it is a cornerstone of modern physics.  But was Galileo correct?
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Malaysia's first astronaut  said on Tuesday his view of Earth from the International Space  Station had been "a magical and spiritual experience."
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"The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief" by Francis Collins; Free Press.  The author, a giant in genetics research and leader of the Human Genome Project, describes how he came to see his Christian faith as intertwined with his scientific passions.
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By measuring variations in satellite orbits, scientists have found the first direct evidence of one of the hallowed tenets of Albert Einstein&#39;s theory of general relativity -- that the Earth
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced transcendental meditation to the West, died at his Dutch home overnight, a spokesman said on Wednesday. He was said to be 91.
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It's the 17th century. If the pope says the sun revolves around the Earth, then the sun revolves around the Earth. Compiled by Tony Long.
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A Greek doctor has come up with a new theory to explain the mysterious death of the ancient world conqueror Alexander the Great, long a subject of scientific debate.
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The man who introduced transcendental meditation to the West, who briefly became a guru to the Beatles and other pop musicians and who built a multimillion-dollar global business based on teaching people how to pause and close their eyes twice a day, died Feb. 5 at his home in Vlodrop, Netherlands....
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A supernova spotted by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe more than four centuries ago that changed the course of human knowledge has just yielded a further discovery - the apparent discovery of the companion star that triggered the great event.
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In 1918, Albert Einstein proposed that large objects bend the space around themselves while turning on their axis. In 2004, NASA scientists confirmed that the Earth bends the time and space around it while
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Carl Sagan loved science and wanted everyone else to love it, too. Thanks to his tireless efforts, many of us do.
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Reader Satyendra Jha shares his memories.