British physicist Stephen Hawking has stepped into a political black hole. He announced this week that he was withdrawing from a conference in Israel to protest that country's treatment of ...

The renowned British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major international conference in Israel, citing his belief that he should respect a call to boycott contact with Israeli ...

Stephen Hawking will join many of the founding members of modern physics in Stockholm in August for a rare—and historic—weeklong conference for some of the world's leading physicists to discuss one of ...

LONDON (AP) — Physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major conference in Israel in June, prompting criticism Wednesday from Israeli officials who believe he has joined a boycott ...

JERUSALEM, May 8 (Reuters) - British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has pulled out of a prestigious Israeli conference, giving conflicting reasons on Wednesday for his absence. A spokesman for Cambridge ...

Stephen Hawking is one of the most recognisable figures in modern science. His book 'A Brief History of Time' explained ...

The physicist said his decision as based on the advice of his Palestinian contacts. Hawking is one of the most prominent figures to join the... British physicist Stephen Hawking has stepped into a ...