Learn more about ALS, the disease that affected Stephen Hawking, and the advances made to find a cure.

"The Theory of Everything" tells the story of Stephen Hawking's life with Jane Hawking, and his struggle with motor neuron disease ... that I haven’t used before to try and put that in my ...

Stephen Hawking ... and scientist Galileo Galilei died. Hawking began his career learning science at Oxford University, earning a place there in 1959 before going on to earn his Ph.D. at Cambridge ...

LOS ANGELES — Stephen ... research. Hawking recalled how he became depressed when he was diagnosed with the disease 50 years ago and initially didn't see a point in finishing his doctorate.

Lord Rees, the Astronomer Royal, will lead the tributes to Stephen Hawking ... In my opinion Professor Hawking's victory over his disease is no less deserving [than his scientific research ...

British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking schmoozed ... for people afraid of the dark.” Hawking, who was born Jan. 8, 1942, and lived with his disease for much longer than expected, also ...

Stephen Hawking, the British physicist whose body was chained to a wheelchair by the ravages of a degenerative neuromuscular disease, but whose mind soared to the boundaries of the universe and ...

Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease ... "Asking what happens before the Big Bang is like asking for a point one mile ...