With appearances on comedy shows, books in the best-seller lists and the unforgettable image of a brilliant mind in an ailing body, Stephen Hawking has earned the title of the world's most famous ...

For many Americans, the battle between science and religion is a significant one. The struggle whether to believe the Bible or mainstream science is often polarizing and strained. The two, however, do ...

Transcript of Stephen Hawking's second Reith Lecture In my previous lecture I left you on a cliff-hanger: a paradox about the nature of black holes, the incredibly dense objects created by the ...

Stephen Hawking, the "world's most famous scientist", is giving this year's BBC Reith Lectures. As a guide for the "interested but perplexed", I have added a few notes (in italics below) to the ...

Transcript of Stephen Hawking's first Reith Lecture My talk is on black holes. It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes.