After Stephen Hawking earned his Ph.D. at Cambridge in 1965, the celebrated theoretical physicist went on to do his finest work in roles throughout the university, including as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics between 1979 and 2009. In the wake of…
Meet the man whose voice became Stephen Hawking’s A man and a voice who will be missed.Image: Karwai Tang/Getty Images By Rachel Kraus2018-03-14 18:59:39 UTC Stephen Hawking’s computer-generated voice is so iconic that it’s trademarked — The filmmakers behind The…
Alex Garland wrote 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Dredd, establishing his bona fides as a master of blending horror and mind-bending sci-fi. He then wrote and directed Ex Machina, which propelled him into an elite fraternity of directors producing smart,…
Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76 on Wednesday morning. March 14 is also Albert Einstein’s birthday, and it’s celebrated as Pi Day in the US. Hawking is survived by his three children and remembered as a physicist…
Shutterstock / Koca Vehbi Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned and award-winning physicist, passed away at the age of 76 on Tuesday. In 1963 when he was 21-years-old, Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and doctors gave him two years to…
Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travelers, but no one came A Stephen Hawking party many people did attend: His 71st birthday celebration.Image: intel free press/wikimedia commons By Mark Kaufman2018-03-14 15:18:46 UTC In 2009, Stephen Hawking ran an experiment…
Famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who passed away early Wednesday at the age of 76, was a unique public figure, one who straddled the line between scientific authority and celebrity with deft, savvy care. He was the closest the world had…
Touring Superleggera For the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, Italian coach-building company Touring Superleggera took a Maserati GranTurismo, which is already a pretty special car, and converted it into what they’re calling a Sciadipersia. Why? Why not, I say? And…
Samsung’s been all about making the television pretty both when switched on as well as off. 2016’s Serif TV may have kickstarted the movement, and I’ve been pretty vocal about how much I hated it (a subjective opinion), but what…
Sierra Leone became the first country in the world to use blockchain technology to verify votes in its most recent election. Swiss-based company Agora logged and verified each paper ballot digitally using specialized blockchain technology. Sierra Leone’s elections could pave…
