In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...

Many of those leaping on it suggested the honour was an Anglo-New Zealander one, as it was Sir Ernest Rutherford ... the University of Cambridge in 1897, discovered the electron, proving that ...

Sir Ernest Rutherford has been called the 'father ... a fellow Mancunian working the University of Cambridge in 1897, discovered the electron, proving that the atom had smaller constituent parts.

The boat was wandering at sea -- but had a grim discovery on board. Royal St. Christopher & Nevis Police Force At least 19 badly decomposing bodies were found on a partially submerged fishing boat ...

What she discovered was far worse than she anticipated: tweets in Spanish ranging from anti-Muslim sentiment to outright bigotry, all of which had remained public and unchallenged. I wasn’t ...

Researchers have discovered huge landforms deep beneath the North Sea that suggest the region was swallowed by a giant ice sheet toward the middle of the last ice age. The scientists captured ...

Sir Ernest Rutherford has been called the 'father of nuclear physics' [Getty Images] ...