Stephen Hawking, physicist who came to symbolize the power of the human mind, dies at 76
(World News Science)

Joel Achenbach, Boyce Rensberger | The Washington Post Stephen Hawking, the British theoretical physicist who overcame a devastating neurological disease to probe the greatest mysteries of the cosmos and become a globally celebrated symbol of the power of the human mind, has died, a family spokesman told the Associated Press. He was 76. Unable to...