“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 ...

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

Stephen Hawking used his fame to warn humanity about its potential — and rapidly approaching — end. He provided a possible ...

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 ...

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking took gravity to its ultimate limits. In doing so, he made a number of significant advancements in our understanding of black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity. Plus, ...

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

On Wednesday, world-renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking died at age 76 in his home in Cambridge, England. He lived for 55 years with the neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...

Hawking says these super-rich superhumans will lead to the decline of, well, us–poorer ordinary humans who can no longer compete. As Hawking wrote: Once such superhumans appear, there are going to be ...

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 have studied the stars, but he was also a star in his own right. More than that, in fact. The irreplaceable physicist passed away on Tuesday night at the age of 76, but what he ...