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…
Stephen Hawking was a legendary physicist, science communicator, and public intellectual — but he was also human. And rumour has it, he had a mischievous way of getting back at people he didn’t like: he’d deliberately run over their toes…
The world reacts to the death of the much-loved Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking back in 1979.Image: Santi Visalli/Getty Images By Johnny Lieu2018-03-14 05:33:55 UTC It may be a cliché to describe someone as an inspiration, but there is no title…
Building a house by hand can be both time-consuming and costly, so some homebuilders are now automating part of the construction process. The homebuilding startup ICON uses a 3D-printing robot that can make parts for houses. The machine can print the…
Stephen Hawking got plenty right about the universe, and that even extended to his thoughts on pop culture. “The Simpsons is the best thing on American television,” the late astrophysicist said on BBC’s The Culture Show, reflecting on his appearance…
Stephen Hawking’s sense of humour is well-documented. SEE ALSO: The world reacts to the death of the much-loved Stephen Hawking Following the death of the legendary cosmologist on Wednesday, the Twitter account "Letters of Note" shared a letter he wrote…