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America marks 30 years since loss of Challenger space shuttle

Thirty years ago, the first US teacher was sent to space on Mission STS-51-L. She

Wed, 27 Jan, 2016

Magnetic fields guide birds

IT has been known for decades that migrating birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate. 

Mon, 05 Jan, 2015

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Sun, 17 Mar, 2013

Life through the eyes of Hawking

STEPHEN HAWKING’S 1988 book, A Brief History of Time, surprised everybody by becoming a bestseller.

Mon, 11 Oct, 2010

US: Black hole physics 'superhero' dies

US physicist John Archibald Wheeler, who had a key role in the development of the atom bomb and later gave the space phenomenon black holes their name, has died at 96.

Mon, 14 Apr, 2008