Topic: Stephen Hawking

Forget 'Men in Black 3': Why aliens won't attack Earth

SETI hunter Jill Tarter says Sir Stephen Hawking is wrong about aliens coming to attack or colonize Earth.  If aliens can get here, Tarter reasons, they'll be advanced enough not to need slaves, food or other planets,

Bestselling books the week of 3/1/12, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Why is the Higgs boson so important?

Physicists at CERN are increasingly confident that they have discovered the elusive Higgs boson – the so-called 'God particle' that is thought to be a key component of our understanding of the cosmos. Why does the Higgs boson matter?

Why heaven is no fantasy

A Christian Science perspective.

The Hidden Reality

Brian Greene’s latest foray into the great beyond explores the possibility that there is not one big uncharted universe but many.

Study: If aliens exist, they probably want to destroy us

British scientist Simon Conway Morris believes there are only two possibilities for alien life; either we're alone or aliens exist, and they are out to get us.

Bestselling books the week of 12/2/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at independent booksellers across America.

Bestselling books the week of 11/23/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

One-way ticket to Mars?

'No return' flights to Mars are many times cheaper – and volunteers are lining up.

Bestselling books the week of 11/18/10, according to IndieBound*

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Bestselling books the week of 11/11/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores all across America.

Bestselling books the week of 10/28/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of 10/21/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

Bestselling books the week of Oct. 14, 2010, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

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Bestselling books the week of 9/23/10, according to IndieBound*

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Bestselling books the week of 9/16/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

• Published Thursday, September 16, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 12, 2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org

Stephen Hawking looks at the cosmos in 'The Grand Design'

Stephen Hawking investigates the M-theory in his new book. According to Stephen Hawking and co-author Leonard Mlodinow, M-theory is a 'unified theory of everything that Albert Einstein was looking for, but never found.'

Stephen Hawking says humanity is doomed unless it takes to the stars

Stephen Hawking says that if humanity is going to survive in the long run, we must escape our planet.

China UFO spotted again. Why skepticism is warranted.

China UFO sightings continued Thursday in the eastern part of the country. Last week, Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou closed for two hours when an unidentified object hovered over the skies.

Stephen Hawking book 'The Grand Design' out in September

Stephen Hawking hasn't had a major new work in nearly a decade. This September he'll release 'The Grand Design.'

Inspirational physicist Stephen Hawking honored at big-time New York gala

British physicist Stephen Hawking was honored at a gala in New York on Wednesday evening.

NASA's next big-ticket telescope showcased in New York City

A mockup of the James Webb Space Telescope, billed as the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, took center stage at New York's World Science Festival.

Skeptical about skepticism

It's easy to dismiss fringe beliefs like UFOs and Bigfoot. But a true skeptic questions even conventional wisdom.