Stephen Hawking

Nurse who cared for the late cosmologist for 15 years suspended amid official investigation

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The late physicist’s groundbreaking 1965 Cambridge PhD thesis is among almost two dozen items going under hammer

Late physicist feared abuse of genetic modification technology may lead to two-tiered society

Late cosmologist’s last work tackles enduring mystery of ‘information paradox’

Bon mots from the professor known for his sense of humour as well as scientific brilliance

Satellite will broadcast “message of peace and hope” after Westminster Abbey memorial service

Physicist’s children offering 1,000 free tickets to Service of Thanksgiving to members of the public

Famed physicist revised key idea shortly before his death in March

Physicist’s remains to be interred in thanksgiving service near memorials to other famous scientists

Scientists, politicians and celebrities pay tribute to man whose theories ‘unlocked the universe’

Famed physicist and author remembered for his contribution to science

Campaign group says health system shake-up opens door to privatisation

In Depth: the rise of AI robots could make or break mankind’s future

Professor joins scientists and doctors in saying evidence is shaky and 'cherry-picked'

Hawking explains how the universe works in Python song and gets to run over Brian Cox

Eddie Redmayne 'exceptional' as physicist Stephen Hawking in inspiring highbrow tearjerker

Poll by Folio Society sees Bible win on 37% – but Origin Of Species comes close with 35%

The Higgs boson particle could cause time and space to collapse at high energies, warns the physicist

'Boffins' officially confirm that England 'couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo'

Its books to read before you die has some surprising omissions, including Robinson Crusoe, Ulysses and Frankenstein