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What is motor neurone disease? New drug ‘remarkably’ slows its progression

Astrophysicist Professor Stephen Hawking had the condition for many decades

Evening Standard

Eleven-Year-Old Boy Is Smarter Than Einstein

An 11-year-old boy has been invited to join Mensa–the world’s oldest and largest high-IQ society–after getting the maximum score on an IQ test, which is higher than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

Zenger

Meet the young Scottish boy with an IQ higher than Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking

Kevin Sweeney, now 11, shocked his parents with his high intellect before he was in primary school - with a recent IQ test proving higher than Albert Einsteins.

Edinburgh Live

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Cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton: ‘Our universe is one tiny grain of dust in a beautiful cosmos’

As her new book on the origins of the universe is published, the Albanian-American scientist explains how her work on multiverse theory influenced Stephen Hawking

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Hawking’s Volkswagen Caravelle coming up for auction

The Volkswagen Caravelle was used as scientist’s wedding car in 1995.

The Independent UK

Great Minds Alike: What Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso And Steve Jobs All Had In Common

Dyslexia has affected some of history’s greatest minds – including Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and Sir Stephen Hawking.

Zenger

Post your questions for Orbital

Back with a new album following their second reformation, the electronic duo – and Glastonbury veterans – will take on your questions

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Can we time travel? A theoretical physicist provides some answers

Time travel makes regular appearances in popular culture, with innumerable time travel storylines in movies, television and literature. But it is a surprisingly old idea: one can argue that the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles over 2,500 years ago, is the first time travel story.

The Conversation

Dad who thought he tripped up due to 'trapped nerve' handed 'devastating' diagnosis

Chris Thurston, 42, from Wirral, Merseyside, thought he was suffering with a trapped nerve until doctors revealed it was an early sign of a devastating incurable condition

Daily Mirror

Pirate queens, heavenly twins and a curious talking horse – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

ALS is only 50% genetic – identifying DNA regions affected by lifestyle and environmental risk factors could help pinpoint avenues for treatment

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects about 1 in 50,000 people. Well-known people who suffered from ALS include baseball player Lou Gehrig, who lived two years after he was diagnosed, and scientist Stephen Hawking, who lived for an extraordinary 55 years after his diagnosis. While the…

The Conversation

New Tech Allows Locked-in Patients to Slowly Communicate with Others

Researchers from the Cedars-Sinai hospital have created an artificial intelligence-enabled tool that may make it easier to predict if a person will have a heart attack. The tool, described in The Lancet Digital Health journal, accurately predicted which patients would experience a heart attack in five years based on the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scientists may have solved Professor Stephen Hawking’s black hole paradox

According to two new studies, something called “quantum hair” is the answer to an almost half-century-old problem.

The Independent UK

‘Quantum hair’ could resolve Hawking’s black hole paradox, say scientists

New mathematical formulation means huge paradigm shift in physics would not be necessary

The Guardian - UK

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Is time travel possible? Yes-ish

A novelist who was somewhat very surprisingly shortlisted yesterday for the Ockham book awards - investigates the possibilities of time travel

Daily Record

Scots pensioner 'begged to be shot' as he died of crippling Motor Neurone Disease

Sue Adlam-Hill's father-in-law Eddie Scott died following a protracted battle with the disease - best known for its association with astrophysicist Stephen Hawking.

Daily Record

Jimmy Carr sent vile letter to Stephen Hawking and was left shocked by his response

The comedian faced backlash recently over a 'sickening and unacceptable' Holocaust 'joke' featured in his Netflix stand-up special 'His Dark Material'.

Daily Mirror

Jimmy Carr sent sick letter to Stephen Hawking and was left mortified by his response

'Comedian' Jimmy Carr pretended he had a son with the same condition as Professor Hawking in a disgusting attempt to mock him - but remarkably the pair became pals [Warning - it is incredibly offensive]

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The Guardian - AU

Thursday briefing: End to Covid rules ‘way too soon’

Alarm at early exit from restrictions in England … police consider inquiry into Downing Street flat renovation … Stephen Hawking’s blackboard mystery

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Hawking exhibition hopes to unravel the mysteries of his blackboard

Science Museum hopes fellow travellers of the late cosmologist will join visitors to display of his office miscellany

Daily Mirror

Jimmy Carr's most offensive 'jokes' - including another sickening Holocaust comment

Comedian Jimmy Carr has been slammed for his latest 'indefensible joke' about the Holocaust, but it's certainly not the first time he's caused serious offence [warning - some of these 'jokes' are incredibly offensive]

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