'I want to encourage people to imagine and explore the possibilities of science both the known and the, as yet, unknown.' Stephen Hawking talks about his 2015 Reith Lecture on Black Holes ...

Stephen Hawking, a brilliant theoretical physicist, defied a devastating motor neuron disease diagnosis to revolutionize our understanding of the universe. His life, marked by extraordinary resilience ...

Stephen Hawking spent his final years issuing a clear warning: humanity’s greatest technological triumphs could also become the forces that undo us. He saw artificial intelligence, climate change and ...

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Stephen Fowler is a political reporter with NPR's Washington Desk, where he currently reports on the restructuring of federal government and the future of the Democratic and Republican parties after ...

Rutger Bregman said his speech was about 'universities, corporations and media networks, bending the knee to authoritarianism' ...

Spoiler alert! The following post discusses the ending of "The Running Man" so beware if you haven't seen it yet. They might be the same guy, but Stephen King was a different writer than Richard ...

In “Doctor Dolittle’s Delusion,” he argued that language is a biological system unique to humans, despite the widespread belief that it extended to other animals. By Michael S. Rosenwald The linguist ...

When songwriter Stephen Schwartz sits at the piano, he feels the music. "When I was a kid and playing my Beethoven … I would play that bar over and over again, and cry. It's very embarrassing!

Celebrated on December 26, this British holiday was likely inspired by one of several charitable traditions. Here are the theories—and how it is observed today. Celebrated on December 26, Boxing Day ...

In the first of four 2025 BBC Reith Lectures, recorded in London, the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman asks what can be done to counter the moral decay of today's un-serious elites. Show more Rutger ...