rocket science
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Chip-making isn’t rocket science, but it might prove to be his biggest challenge yet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
But recruiting the best players in your own backyard, as Carroll saw it, wasn’t really rocket science.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
The basic principle isn’t rocket science: Everything is easier when it’s on a schedule.
From Slate • May 5, 2025
Leading science educator and communicator, Dr. Frederic Bertley, brings rocket science to young White House visitors during the 2023 annual Easter Egg Roll.
From Salon • May 6, 2024
His evidence was mounting and profound; this was something different, this device that captivated the human senses, and, in a way, recognition of the risks required neither science nor proverbial rocket science.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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