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Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
The latest stories on Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, including science and research news.
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8 Jan 1942
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The logo of the US AI company Anthropic. The US and China now face a prisoner’s dilemma in military AI. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | Who will save the world from a US-China AI arms race?

Unrestrained military AI could doom us all. The window for a global middle-power alliance to rein in the superpowers is closing fast.

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From our archives

Recap | Stephen Hawking, Serena Williams, Queen Elizabeth ... and more Hong Kong star visitors

Fame and celebrity

Stephen Hawking’s controversial past and his Jeffrey Epstein link

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong experts find mechanism that can help develop ALS treatments

The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Oxford University collaborated for the study on the incurable rare neurodegenerative disorder, with further tests still to come.

Sze Chi-wai has been an ALS patient for seven years. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Science

Chinese scientists use quantum computing to simulate black hole

Researchers say the experiment is a step towards creating systems with ‘properties analogous to black holes’.

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From our archives

When Stephen Hawking got a rock-star welcome on his first Hong Kong visit

Stephen Hawking arrived to a rock-star welcome and crazy scenes at Hong Kong International Airport on his first visit to the city to give a lecture in 2006.

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Science

‘Quantum hair’ may be solution to Stephen Hawking’s black hole paradox

The renowned physicist had suggested that as black holes evaporate, they destroy information about what formed them – which contradicts a fundamental law of physics.

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Professor Stephen Hawking attends a press conference at One World Observatory in New York in April 2016. Photo: AFP
Fame and celebrity

Reel lives: 11 actors who won Oscars for playing historical figures

From Julia Roberts’ Erin Brockovich to Jamie Foxx’s Ray Charles and Meryl Streep’s Margaret Thatcher, these star turns sure did their famous subjects justice – how many have you seen?

Space

Editorial | Black hole image a revolutionary glimpse

While the Earthrise photograph allowed humanity to stare back at itself and its planetary home, the new black hole image lets us look at the mystery of cosmic creation and destruction

Hawking’s wheelchair and thesis sell for US$1 million

A motorised wheelchair used by the late British physicist Stephen Hawking fetches almost £300,000 at auction.

A wheelchair owned by Professor Stephen Hawking. Photo: EPA

For sale: Hawking’s wheelchair and thesis

Stephen Hawking was a cosmic visionary, a figure of inspiration and a global celebrity. His unique status is reflected in an upcoming auction of some of the late physicist’s possessions.

Renowned cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking. File photo: AFP

Stephen Hawking’s final fear revealed: a race of superhumans

Physicist Stephen Hawking’s last book has been published posthumously, including his prediction that unmodified humans would “die out, or become unimportant”.

Time travellers welcome at Stephen Hawking’s memorial service

Website for a giveaway for tickets to the ceremony allows applicants to select dates of birth that are 20 years from now

Space

Hawking’s final research is revealed, but good luck understanding it

In this February 25, 2012 photo, Professor Stephen Hawking poses beside a lamp titled “black hole light” by inventor Mark Champkins, presented to him during his visit to the Science Museum in London. Photo: AP

Friends, family and fans turn out for Stephen Hawking’s funeral

Stephen Hawking will be cremated at a later date and his ashes are to be interred at London’s Westminster Abbey near the remains of fellow scientist Isaac Newton

Hawking’s final resting place revealed (and no, it’s not space)

His ashes will be buried close to the graves of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.

Space

Hawking’s final paper could lead to parallel universe discovery

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Science

Hawking's Chinese disciple unravels universe, questions China's scientific future

Yangyang Cheng, an emerging top science and security expert, cites the late physicist Stephen Hawking as an influence on her career. Photo: Handout
Obituaries

Genius of our time unlocked secrets of the universe

With his revolutionary theories and monumental will to achieve despite adversities, Stephen Hawking shall prove to be an immortal in modern history

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Science

How Stephen Hawking reached cult status in China

Stephen Hawking, the man whose brain transcended disability

Stephen Hawking was given only a few years to live when he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease in 1964, but defied the medical profession in typically stubborn fashion

ALS: the disease Stephen Hawking defied for decades

Stephen Hawking floats in a weightless environment during a flight aboard a modified Boeing 727 owned and operated by the Zero-Gravity Corporation in 2007. File photo: EPA
Obituaries

Video | Stephen Hawking’s close relationship with China

Stephen Hawking in pop culture: from The Simpsons to Pink Floyd

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Here are 11 great quotes from Stephen Hawking

His genius and wit won over fans from far beyond the rarefied world of astrophysics, earning comparisons with Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton.

His genius and wit won over fans from far beyond the rarefied world of astrophysics, earning comparisons with Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton
IOC

How could England have won the 2014 World Cup? By listening to Hawking

The brilliant British scientist, who died on Wednesday aged 76, was once on the Oxford rowing team and appeared at the 2012 London Paralympics

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Stephen Hawking provides the formula for England’s World Cup success. Photo: AP
Obituaries

Stephen Hawking, scientist who became cultural icon, dead at 76

Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died.

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Fame and celebrity

Stephen Hawking lauds Chinese pop star Wang Junkai

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