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Famed scientist Stephen Hawking will turn 70 on Sunday, January 8. Unlike his ability to shed light on some of the most intricate aspects of the Universe, other scientists appear to be unable to determine how it is that the physicist managed to survive for so long while suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease (not t... |
5 January 2012
10:35 GMT |
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If you're a teen and you're into science and space, YouTube could help you make your wildest dreams come true. The video site, along with Lenovo and NASA, ESA, JAXA and Space Adventures, is holding a competition which will see two experiments, pitched by YouTube users, performed aboard the International Spa... |
10 October 2011
14:04 GMT |
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Famed physicist Stephen Hawking apparently manages to get spirit all riled up with every public statement he makes, but the latest one was bound to cause a stir. In a recent interview with The Guardian, he argued that there is no heaven after death. During the interview, he argued that every human should strive to ma... |
17 May 2011
03:06 GMT |
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Stephen Hawking is renowned around the world as one of the brightest minds of our times, and he owes part of this fame to the theory predicting the existence of radiation now bearing his name. A team of experts recently put his calculations to the test. What Hawking proposes is that black holes produce a form of weak... |
19 January 2011
09:18 GMT |
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Physicists believe that they may have finally discovered the first signs of artificially-produced Hawking radiation, in a series of experiments that was carried out in Italy. Experts have in effect created an optical analog for the elusive form of radiation, that was hypothesized by famed physicist Stephen Hawking. F... |
10 November 2010
02:38 GMT |
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Scientists say that the elusive form of radiation that famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking predicted back in 1974, and which bears his name, may have just been discovered. For decades, astrophysicists have been looking for signs that the Hawking radiation is a real, measurable quantity, but thus far their eff... |
27 September 2010
09:07 GMT |
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In an interview he gave for PARADE Magazine, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argued that humans should continue exploring space, and also revealed that time travel is theoretically possible. According to the expert, it's the job of physicists and engineers to work together in developing a method of warping... |
13 September 2010
04:04 GMT |
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One of the most famous scientists in the world says that given the laws of gravity, there was no need of a divine intervention for the creation of the Universe.Stephen Hawking says in The Grand Design, a book co-written with American physicist Leonard Mlodinow and appearing September 9, that the Big Bang was inevitab... |
2 September 2010
09:08 GMT |
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Technological advancements that took place over the past few decades have made the world a very dangerous place to live in. Nuclear missiles are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to methods that humankind can employ to destroy itself. Global warming and chemical weapons are also high on the list, as are other... |
9 August 2010
09:14 GMT |
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Because of their peculiarities, black holes have been extensively studied over the past few decades. They are extremely dense blobs of matter, the remains of imploded massive stars, that act on the matter around them via immense gravitational forces. They also distort space and time, and “eat up” photons,... |
2 August 2010
04:58 GMT |
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Black holes, once highly misunderstood formations, have over the years captured the imagination of astronomers and film producers alike, and have been prominently featured in films and in literature. In spite of the high levels of attention they were given, there are still a great many things that remain unknown abou... |
22 August 2009
06:31 GMT |
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Starting last year, there have been rumors linking renowned physics scientist Stephen Hawking, 66, to a possible move abroad soon, especially considering his imminent retirement from his prominent position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics (once held by Sir Isaac Newton) at Cambridge University next year. The spec... |
28 November 2008
07:25 GMT |
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An ongoing five-day scientific gathering on themes of evolution housed by the Vatican provided a clash of titans during the close encounter of the 3rd kind which is always the result of religion and science sharing the same space. During the meeting organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Benedict... |
3 November 2008
07:33 GMT |
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Worldwide-famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, aged 66, one of the most brilliant contemporary minds, will retire from his prominent position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University next year. The policy of the institution requires that its members step down the academic year they turn 67, which... |
25 October 2008
04:30 GMT |
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John Harrison is said to have been the greatest clockmaker in the world. It took him 36 years to build a clock and he was still adjusting it when he died at the age of 83. Dr. John Taylor followed his example and developed a handless clock that would decorate the exterior of Corpus Christi College in Cambridge. ... |
16 September 2008
02:19 GMT |
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