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Gravity: The Key to Leaving the Earth

Scientists are working hard to understand gravity--which is the key to future space travel. When it comes to this subject, they think that Albert Einstein was absolutely right--and completely wrong.

In the Guardian, Robin McKie quotes psysicist Harald Luck as saying, "In his general theory of relativity, Einstein predicted the...
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Gravity Varies with the Seasons

Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head while he was dozing under a tree. When Italian researcher Galileo dropped a heavy object and a light object from a tower in the 17th century, they both hit the ground at the same time, proving that the pull of gravity does not depend on weight. But if he had done this experiment during...

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Maurice Cotterell on Coast Sunday