Science should be &#39;as exciting as science fiction&#39; says Hawking
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British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking revealed his desire on Monday to make &quot;real science as exciting as science fiction&quot; as he publicised a new book for children about the cosmos.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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British mathematician Stephen Hawking is more of a role model to teenage boys than soccer star David Beckham and comes a close second to rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson.
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It was a staple of 1960s science fiction that the future would involve flying cars and holidays on the moon. While the mass-production flying car hasn&#39;t yet hit the showrooms, the prospects for space tourism have taken a few steps closer.
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Only 12 years old, the field of ultracold physics is already leading scientists to discoveries that seemed like science fiction just a decade ago. Think quantum supercomputers and modeling the big bang.
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SpaceShipOne - as much a work of art as a groundbreaking flying machine â-as recast the mold for spaceflight established by NASA largely because it doesn&#39;t have to worry
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The future is tantalizing. But is it within reach?
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How do you get general relativity and quantum mechanics to live together? String theory is the darling for now, but other promising approaches are floating out there as well. By Mark Anderson.
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&quot;I commend the National Academy of Sciences on this outstanding report. I fought to add $300 million to NASA&#39;s budget for a Hubble servicing mission and I will continue to advocate for a mission to take place.
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LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters Life!) - The building blocks of   geometry hardly rank as the perfect formula for a blockbuster   art show.
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Carl Sagan has rejoined the cosmic debate from the grave, with ânewâ words on the boundary between science and religion.
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Talk about science fiction: Stephen Hawking, author of the million-selling "A Brief History of Time," is writing a "middle-grade" novel.
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Author and academic Professor Stephen Hawking is more of a role model to teenage boys than England football captain David Beckham, says a Good Housekeeping magazine survey.
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Ask science fiction fans about the future and no doubt they'll tell you it's full of flying cars.
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IT PROMISES to be a scene worthy of a science fiction spectacular. A space probe carrying primordial material scooped from outer space starts to plunge towards our planet. But before it can strike, a helicopter flown by a Hollywood stunt ...
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The world's biggest collider hopes to create a smorgasbord of exotic particles, from the so-called God particle to dark matter and maybe even miniature black holes. John Borland goes to the edge of theory.
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That&#39;s the recommendation from a panel from the National Academy of Sciences concerning a mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.