Hi everyone, Episode Three is up of our podcast. you can listen on Itunes or wherever you download podcasts.

Shoulders of Giants

We decided to go into some recent history with Stephen Hawking. Since he passed away we thought it would be nice to go over his life and do our best to make a little tribute to him.

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The United States, with support from France and the United Kingdom has carried out strikes on Syria’s chemical weapon facilities on Saturday, following a chemical attack blamed on Syrian government forces. Besides the United States Air Force and Navy, the air forces of France and United Kingdom took part, with support from the French Navy.

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Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki, the thousand...

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