rocket science

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Referring to the costs incurred throughout the investigation, defence solicitor Shalin Sood said: "It's not rocket science trying to locate where Mr Sullivan is – he livestreams every day."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 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

“Nutrition isn’t rocket science; it’s harder,” Ms. Belluz and Mr. Hall note in a chapter that questions the mania for supplements, which are taken by about 60% of American adults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

The basic principle isn’t rocket science: Everything is easier when it’s on a schedule.

From Slate • May 5, 2025

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