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Intel’s Trying To Help Stephen Hawking Get His Speech Back Up To Speed
Stephen Hawking is a survivor. He’s been valiantly holding his own against ALS disease for 50 years now, but it’s still taking its toll. The cheek-twitching mechanism he’s been using to talk for the past 10 years isn’t quite as efficient as it used to be. He’s down to one word per minute at times, but Intel’s CTO is working hard on a fix.
Stephen Hawking: Women Are A Complete Mystery
Stephen Hawking is perhaps the finest mind alive on the planet. Still, it’s nice to hear he occasionally shares the worries of the rest of us. In a recent interview with New Scientist, he was asked what he thought about most during the day. His answer? “Women. They are a complete mystery.” [New Scientist; Image: lwpkommunikacio]
Got What It Takes To Work For Stephen Hawking?
Sometimes who you work with can be just as important as the job itself. And if physics is your passion the opportunity of a lifetime has just popped up, as Stephen Hawking is now looking for a new assistant.
Stephen Hawking, Insult Comic
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If you’re not watching the new series The Trip on BBC2 – say, because you’re anywhere else on the planet – then you’re missing out. Here’s star Steve Coogan, talking to co-star Rob Brydon in the voice of our favourite astrophysicist.
Stephen Hawking: "Big Bangs Happen"
Hawking’s covered the end of the world, now he’s examining the beginning—writing “It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going”. The Big Bang was a certainty. [Reuters]
Stephen Hawking Predicts The End Of Humanity, Again
Stephen Hawking, brilliant astrophysicist and nefarious alien doomsday prophet, is again atop his soapbox preaching the end of humanity should we not board spaceships and colonise the solar system and beyond.
