The isotope lead-208 was predicted to be extremely stable and perfectly spherical because of the “magic” numbers of electrons and protons orbiting its nucleus. When researchers blasted lead-208 with ...

Sports term etymology is generally taken for granted. Most phrases are pretty obvious in origin; someone saw a baseball player hit the ball, and run to second base — so yeah, that’s a double. It just ...

An experiment bludgeoning special lead atoms with high-speed particles has revealed a shocking surprise. Far from the perfect sphere physicists from the University of Surrey expected to find, the ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Nikola Vucevic had 30 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his third career triple-double and the Orlando Magic overcame a 13-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Golden ...