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His smile attracted the attention of everybody ... The king is dead' - China mourns Stephen Hawking More recently, he delighted younger Chinese when he interacted online with another Weibo ...

In 2007 the late Stephen Hawking fulfilled a lifelong dream; to experience 'weightlessness' outside of his wheelchair. With the help of entrepreneur Peter Diamandis (seen above), Stephen Hawking ...

Professor Stephen Hawking delivers this year’s BBC Reith Lectures on black holes. Professor Hawking takes us through the history of scientific thinking about black holes, and explains how they ...