Stephen Hawking spent decades warning that humanity faces a simple choice: spread beyond Earth or risk total extinction. The ...

“This is fairly untypical,” says Lucie Bruijn, the ALS Association’s chief scientist, adding that she is not aware of anyone who has survived ALS longer than Hawking did. Hawking was also able to ...

Everyone has a few ideas about how humanity will end, but one of the brightest minds of the modern era had some thoughts on ...

Stephen William Hawking, most people know about him because of his contributions to physics and cosmology, for a movie, or for appearing in very popular TV ...

Famous cosmologist Stephen Hawking believes that humanity's future lies away from Earth. In a book excerpt published by The Guardian, Hawking contends that humans need to venture deep into space for ...

Stephen Hawking, the famed theoretical physicist who defied a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to live virtually his entire adult life with the disease – in a wheelchair and paralyzed but ...

The legendary physicist dismissed IQ bragging with a single sharp line, redefining what real intelligence and achievement actually mean.

The motorized chair, used by Hawking after he was paralyzed with motor neuron disease, raised 296,750 pounds in a Christie's online auction. It had been expected to fetch up to 15,000 pounds. Proceeds ...

Stephen Hawking may be most famous for his work on black holes and gravitational singularities, but the world-renowned physicist has also become known for his outspoken ideas about things that could ...

On Mar. 13, 2018, news broke that famed physicist Stephen Hawking had passed away. When celebrities pass on, I usually feel a brief pang of sadness before something else distracts me on my social ...

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking was much better known for his brilliant mind and vast contributions to science than his political views. But the late Hawking was clearly no fan of President Donald ...

Stephen Hawking, the world-famous physicist who deepened our understanding of the universe while proving that any disability could be overcome, has died, a spokesman for his family confirmed Wednesday ...