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Coming to Big Bang Theory : Stephen Hawking

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:51:36 CDT

The Big Bang Theory just got a big guest star: Famed physicist Stephen Hawking filmed a cameo as himself last Friday, the New York Post reports. The sitcom, which focuses on a group of scientist friends, has been trying to snag Hawking for years, but health issues kept him from...

Stephen Hawking Over the Moon About Sex Club?

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:40:00 CST

Famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking doesn't only have his head in the stars. He's also a sex club fan, reports Radar . And now even Cambridge University is admitting it, notes the Daily Mail . The 70-year-old astro-philosopher has visited a Southern California swingers and sex club with his assistants and nurses. He...

Intel Trying to Help Stephen Hawking Speak

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:24:20 CST

Computer chip-maker Intel is hunting for a new technology to help Stephen Hawking communicate better, reports AP . The 70-year-old scientist currently uses a device that runs pulses in his right cheek through a voice synthesizer, but his facial nerves have deteriorated to the point where he can speak only about...

Ill Stephen Hawking Misses 70th Birthday

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:25:19 CST

The University of Cambridge says renowned physicist Stephen Hawking isn't well enough to attend a conference held to celebrate his 70th birthday . Hawking's remarkable career is being honored today as part of a daylong conference on cosmology being hosted at the university. But the celebrity scientist, who suffers from Lou...

Stephen Hawking Turning 70

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:20:03 CST

British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe, but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease. The physicist was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease when he was a 21-year-old at Cambridge....

Stephen Hawking Seeking Assistant

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:12:19 CST

Looking for a new gig? If you're not intimidated by the idea of being interviewed by Stephen Hawking, we have a job opportunity for you: Help the esteemed British physicist to develop and maintain the electronic speech system that allows his voice to be heard. The assistant position will pay...

Stephen Hawking Is Wrong About Heaven

John Johnson — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:56:22 CDT

Stephen Hawking is a brilliant man, but his view that heaven or any kind of after-life is merely a "fairy story for people afraid of the dark" is "both sad and misinformed," writes Michael Wenham in the Guardian . He finds it odd, and insulting, that Hawking is open to all...

Heaven Is a Fairy Tale: Stephen Hawking

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 16 May 2011 06:04:00 CDT

In his most dismissive views on an afterlife to date, famed physicist Stephen Hawking has declared the idea of heaven a "fairy story." There's nothing for individuals beyond the brain's last flicker of life, Hawking tells the Guardian . "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when...

Stephen Hawking Talks Health Care, ALS, and Life

Kevin Spak — Tue, 10 May 2011 09:54:00 CDT

When you can only speak by twitching your cheek toward words flitting past your screen, you don’t tend to do a lot of interviews. But Stephen Hawking sat down with the New York Times last month to talk about his life, aliens, and health care. Some highlights: On aliens: Contacting...