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A brief history of Stephen Hawking's wit on the legend's 77th birth anniversary
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoHawking once threw a party time-travellers from the future, disappointed that no one showed.
SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57 after battle with ALS
• 6 years agoStephen Hillenburg, who used his dual loves of drawing and marine biology to spawn the absurd undersea world of SpongeBob SquarePants, has died, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday.
Scientists gain new insight into neurodegenerative diseases using fruit flies
Sunderarajan Padmanabhan • 7 years agoThe researchers performed studies in the fruit fly (Drosophila) which has a single copy of the Ataxin-2 gene, in contrast to mammals, which have multiple copies
Stephen Hawking passes away at 76; physicist was one of science's biggest celebrities since Albert Einstein
Fp Staff • 7 years agoStephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralysed by disease, died early Wednesday.
British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking passes away at the age of 76: Here is a brief history of his life
• 7 years agoStephen Hawking's genius brought him global fame and he become known as a witty communicator dedicated to bringing science to a wider audience.
Artificial intelligence is helping researchers to find new drugs for ALS, a motor neurone disease
• 8 years agoArtificial intelligence robots are turbo-charging the race to find new drugs for the crippling nerve disorder ALS, or motor neurone disease.
Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface that allows communication with paralysed
Fp Archives • 8 years agoScientists have developed a brain-computer interface that reads the brain's blood oxygen levels and enables communication by deciphering the thoughts of patients who are totally paralysed and unable to talk.
Intel releases Stephen Hawking's speech software online for free
Fp Archives • 10 years agoA software by Intel that lets physicist Stephen Hawking communicate via a computer has been published online by the company in the hopes that it will be used by researchers developing new interfaces for sufferers of diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
What sports teams in India can learn from the Ice Bucket Challenge
Rashikakkar • 11 years agoMost conversations around the Ice Bucket Challenge swing from "it is just another stupid fad" to "but hey, I am doing my bit to make the world a better place." Either people love it or hate it.
US: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at campus leaves 4 firefighters injured
Fp Archives • 11 years agoFour US firefighters were injured, two seriously, as they were helping run a so-called Ice Bucket Challenge at a Kentucky university.