William Gladstone, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, was invited to a demonstration of Michael Faraday's equipment for generating the latest scientific wonder — electricity. (newscientist.com)
Berating the sensationalism of the reportage, our writer opined that the reason for all this fuss was that the proliferation of glitzy sci - fi movies has «made the audience blasé about scientific wonders.» (newscientist.com)
I myself do have a wonder about the universe, a scientific wonder. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)