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Latest news and updates on Stephen Hawking, a former English theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Hawking was diagnosed with a slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease in 1963, aged just 21. He died in 2018 at the age of 76.

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Channel: Tech Tech March 14, 2024 By Curt Anderson

Stephen Hawking's life, wife and children as 'links to Jeffrey Epstein' revealed

Channel: UK UK January 4, 2024 By Katie Boyden
FILE - In this July 30, 2008, file photo, Jeffrey Epstein, center, appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla. Over the last decade he sought to portray himself as a generous benefactor to children, giving to organizations including a youth orchestra, a baseball league and a private girls??? school a few blocks from his Manhattan mansion. But Epstein???s guilty plea in 2008 for soliciting a minor for prostitution has not made that easy. On July 8, 2019, Epstein pleaded not guilty in federal court in New York to sex trafficking charges. (Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP, File)

Six key takeaways from bombshell unsealed Epstein documents

Channel: US US January 4, 2024 By Tom Sanders

Stephen Hawking linked to underage orgy in Epstein documents

Channel: US US January 4, 2024 By Brooke Davies
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 18: Jeffrey Epstein attends Launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005. (Photo by Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

New Epstein files reveal 187 names linked to sex trafficking conspiracy

Channel: US US January 4, 2024 By Sam Courtney-Guy
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Harry Styles wild night out with Stephen Hawking revealed as chaotic snap resurfaces

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz December 19, 2023 By Danni Scott

Boy, 11, gets highest possible IQ score – beating Einstein and Stephen Hawking

Channel: UK UK August 28, 2022 By Jordan King
Caption: Exclusive: Russian protester talks her way out of detention using Stephen Hawking\'s book Picture: AFP / Supplied

Russian protester talks her way out of arrest using Stephen Hawking's book

Channel: UK UK April 9, 2022 By Josh Layton
Stephen Hawking has a sensor attached to his glasses which detects small cheek movements. Each movement moves a cursor and enables him to choose letters and then, with predictive text technology, words and sentences (Picture: Getty; Shutterstock)

Scientists beaming Earth's location into space ignore Stephen Hawking's warning

Channel: Tech Tech April 6, 2022 By Jeff Parsons
CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - NOVEMBER 21: Professor Stephen Hawking addressing The Cambridge Union on November 21, 2017 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Chris Williamson/Getty Images)

Scientists may have solved Stephen Hawking's black hole paradox

Channel: Tech Tech March 18, 2022 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Google creates special Doodle to honour Stephen Hawking's 80th birthday

Channel: Tech Tech January 7, 2022 By Martyn Landi

Katherine Ryan was 'pied' by Stephen Hawking after trying to chat him up

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz November 3, 2021 By Emma Kelly

The Big Bang Theory: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Stephen Hawking named best celebrity cameos

Channel: TV TV May 27, 2021 By Rishma Dosani
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Stephen Hawking's old ventilator donated to NHS to help coronavirus patients

Channel: UK UK April 22, 2020 By Joe Roberts
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Child genius, 10, joins Mensa with IQ higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking

Channel: UK UK December 18, 2019 By Lucy Middleton
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Channel: Football Football November 15, 2019 By Dr Raul Cetto

Girl, 11, memorised periodic table in 40 minutes and is smarter than Einstein

Channel: UK UK June 26, 2019 By Jane Wharton
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There is a chance we will be able to travel through dimensions and time

Channel: Tech Tech June 11, 2019 By Professor Jim Al-Khalili
British theoretical physicist professor Stephen Hawking speaks to members of the media at a press conference in London on December 2, 2014. The system that helps Stephen Hawking communicate with the outside world will be made available online from January in a move that could help millions of motor neurone disease sufferers, scientists said Tuesday. The wheelchair-bound theoretical physicist, who shot to international fame in the 1980s with his book "A Brief History of Time", hailed the decision by US tech giant Intel at a press conference in London. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Stephen Hawking's nurse accused of 'misconduct' over his care

Channel: UK UK March 11, 2019 By Basit Mahmood
FILE - In this Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012 file photo, British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking speaks during the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Paralympics in London, Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012. Stephen Hawking has spoken from beyond the grave to warn that science and education are under threat around the world. The words of the scientist, who died in March at 76, were broadcast Monday Oct. 15, 2018 at a London launch event for his final book, "Brief Answers To The Big Questions." (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)

Stephen Hawking created a VR experience to help explain mystery of black holes

Channel: Tech Tech March 4, 2019 By Metro Reporter
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