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Isaac Newton's notes on the pyramids and the Apocalypse have sold for $500,000, despite being badly damaged in a fire supposedly started by his dog
Newton's papers from the 1600s were almost completely destroyed after his dog jumped on his table a…
Grace Dean
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Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair and dissertation thesis sold for $1 million in online auction
The red motorised wheelchair once used by Hawking went under the stamp for $391.7 million while …
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Stephen Hawking's ashes will be interred at Westminster Abbey near Sir Isaac Newton's grave
Westminster Abbey was originally founded in the 10th century, and construction of the church that e…
Rob Price
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Isaac Newton was a genius, but even he lost millions in the stock market
"Back in the spring of 1720, Sir Isaac Newton owned shares in the South Sea Company, the hottest st…
Elena Holodny
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Isaac Newton was a genius, but even he lost millions in the stock market
"Back in the spring of 1720, Sir Isaac Newton owned shares in the South Sea Company, the hottest st…
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Isaac Newton's Nightmare - Charted By Marc Faber
"I can calculate the movement of stars, but not the madness of men," Newton apparently said after h…
Sam Ro
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Newly unearthed writings from Isaac Newton describe how trees defy gravity
Suppose a b the pore of a Vegitable filled with fluid mater & that the Globule c doth hitt away…
Jessica Orwig
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Indian scientists embarrassed after academics at a national science event made bizarre claims like ancient Hindus invented stem cell research
Several Indian scientists are upset over a string of outlandish claims made by certain speakers dur…
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Netflix's hit sci-fi series '3 Body Problem' is based on a real math problem that is so complex it's impossible to solve
The three-body problem is a question in physics that deals with planets and stars. It's considered …
Jenny McGrath
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A rare manuscript about eclipses just sold for $255,000 at auction. Its author was the man who discovered the most famous comet.
Edmond Halley didn't just write about comets. His manuscripts on lunar and solar eclipses sold at a…
Jenny McGrath
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What we can expect from season 2 of 'Wednesday'
Jenna Ortega will return as Wednesday Addams and serve as a producer on season two of the hit Netfl…
Olivia Singh
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Kat Von D says she's living in a church parsonage because the Indiana mansion she bought 3 years ago isn't renovated yet
Kat Von D purchased the Benjamin Schenck Mansion in Vevay, Indiana, in 2020, but she said the histo…
Amanda Krause
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7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science
A total solar eclipse made Einstein and his theory of relativity world famous. That's not the only …
Jenny McGrath
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Rite Aid is closing even more stores in 2024. See if yours is on the list.
Rite Aid said it would close more stores in 2024, adding to hundreds it already said it would shutt…
Alex Bitter
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Here's the science refresher you need before diving into Netflix's '3 Body Problem'
Netflix's "3 Body Problem" makes a lot of physics references. Two experts help explain some scienti…
Jenny McGrath
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The unsealed documents related to Jeffrey Epstein weren't full of bombshells, but some new details emerged
In today's big story, we're diving into the unsealed court documents naming more than 170 Jeffrey E…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Math of the Bard: Shakespeare used a 'crooked figure' for a zero in times when it wasn't widely used
Mathematical motifs feature in many of Shakespeare's most memorable scenes. He lived and wrote in t…
PTI
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Kat Von D shared a look inside the Victorian-inspired recording studio at her California home that she's selling for millions of dollars
Kat Von D posted a video of her at-home recording studio, which was filmed at the California mansio…
Amanda Krause
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Congress sat back and let trucks become heavier, taller, and deadlier. Now pedestrian fatalities are at a 40-year high.
"It's a race to the biggest machine driven by the biggest assholes, and it's society that will pay …
Madison Hall
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The new 'Dune' movie is inspiring hilarious memes, from 'SpongeBob SquarePants' jokes to tweets about Sandy from 'Grease'
Denis Villeneuve's new adaptation premiered on October 21, and fans have been having a field day wi…