Stephen Hawking

Books Are Good for Leaving Messages

Alan Black | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media


Alan Black

By the end of the world, a prophet called Anderson Cooper from the distant land called CNN went around saying "Follow me" on something called Twitter.

Stephen Hawking 'Sings' On Pop Tribute To Carl Sagan (VIDEO)

Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology


**See Video Below** Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is featured 'singing' with scientist Carl Sagan on a pop tribute to the astronomer that has...

Can You Change the Past?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living


Deepak Chopra

The sum of the matter is this: physical reality begins and ends with the observer. We cannot go beyond the observer with our concepts of space and time.

The Illusion of Past, Present, Future

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Deepak Chopra

We are connected not only by intertwined consciousness, but by a pattern that is a template for the universe itself.

Why Bad Healthcare Policy Makes For Bad Politics, Too

Daniel Denvir | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


Daniel Denvir

We should be willing to compromise, but the absence of a public option would be pure capitulation.

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

This week, the health care debate journeyed through the looking glass. Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance committee, embraced the death panel myth, telling a crowd in his home state that they were correct to be worried about the government deciding to "pull the plug on grandma." Noted medical expert Chuck Norris also weighed in, sounding the alarm about "government agents coming into your home and telling you how to parent your children" and encouraging abortions. And Investors Business Daily claimed that physically disabled scientist Stephen Hawking would have had his life cut short by the government-run British health care system if he lived in England. Which, in fact, he does. And always has. Who needs details when there are town hall discussions to disrupt -- or bring a gun to?

Big Brother 11: The Wizard of Wacko Place.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment


Tallulah Morehead

Jeremy Piven visited the Big Brother House this week. Poor Jeremy.Now the houseguests are all in danger of getting mercury poisoning.

Stephen Hawking Enters U.S. Health Care Debate

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


In an editorial on July 31, Investor's Business Daily warned of end-of-life counseling in health care reform by saying people like Stephen Hawking "wo...

Medals Of Freedom: Obama Honors Ted Kennedy, Harvey Milk And 14 Others

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people, including political ally Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ...

Stephen Hawking Expected To Recover From Chest Infection

AP | DEAN CARSON | Posted 05.22.2009 | World


LONDON — Physicist Stephen Hawking was hospitalized overnight for a chest infection but his family "is looking forward" to a full recovery, Camb...

Stephen Hawking Hospitalized, Very Sick

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 05.21.2009 | World


LONDON — Stephen Hawking, the British mathematician and physicist famed for his work on black holes, was rushed to a hospital Monday and was ser...

My Choices vs. Obama's

Toby Barlow | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics


Toby Barlow

After countless years spent sweating it out on campaign trails and fighting off rabid GOP attack dogs on the Hill, Biden's going to come out swinging hard in this race. He's going to be a formidable opponent.

End Days, Laughing in the Face of Armageddon

Kay Goldstein | Posted 09.06.2008 | Living


Kay Goldstein

End of Days is a quirky family comedy underscores the vulnerabilities and aspirations of human beings who have survived trauma and even the threat of annihilation.

Hawking: Unintelligent life is likely on other planets

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.29.2008 | Living


WASHINGTON — Famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has been thinking a lot about the cosmic question, "Are we alone?" The answer is probably not,...