Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking's Plan to Blast a Tiny Ship to Another Star With Giant Lasers May Work
Breakthrough Starshot is a new project, introduced by Stephen Hawking, to send a spacecraft to another star. It wouldn't happen for decades — if it happens at all — but it's the first-ever proposal for interstellar travel that might actually work.
New ‘Starshot’ Mission Aims to Send Tiny Spaceships to the Nearest Star System
Alpha Centauri, here we come.
The VICE Morning Bulletin
This morning, Trump's team says he raised over $6 million for charity rather than participating in the GOP debate, the FBI release a video of the Oregon stand-off shooting, Steven Avery supporters protest in Wisconsin, and more.
Paul Rudd Just Played Stephen Hawking in "Quantum Chess"
Oh, and Keanu Reeves narrates this excellent adventure directed by Alex Winter (a.k.a. Bill from 'Bill and Ted').
The 'Soft Hair' on Stephen Hawking's Black Holes
A step toward solving the black hole information paradox.
It's Way Too Early to Be Afraid of a Superintelligent AI
Any AI worth fearing will have to be very different from what we’re building now.
Why Is It Sexist to Say Women Are a Mystery?
Stephen Hawking said the mystery he found most intriguing is “women.” It’s a tired sexist trope.
Thousands of Scientists Say We Need a Global Ban on Autonomous Weapons
"Warfare is a bloody, horrific, painful thing and it should always be so."
Many of the World's Top Tech Experts Want to Ban Super-Intelligent 'Autonomous Weapons'
Elon Musk, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak warn that weaponized artificial intelligence and robotics could spur a deadly and disturbing arms race.