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Hawking, 70: 'Glorious time to be alive'
CAMBRIDGE, England, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- British physicist Stephen Hawking said he was not well enough to attend his 70th birthday celebration and made a recorded speech instead.
Hawking: Women are 'complete mystery'
LONDON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, who turns 70 Sunday, says some things remain a mystery to him -- especially women.
UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012.
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- A New York collector charged with stealing historical documents from libraries in Baltimore has asked a judge to allow him to sell some of his valuables.
Poll: Brit kids have trouble with history
LONDON, July 29 (UPI) -- A survey of British children found one in 20 respondents said former Boom Town Rats singer Bob Geldof discovered gravity rather than Sir Isaac Newton.
UPPSALA , Sweden, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Sweden's Uppsala University said a copy of Isaac Newton's "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" is back with the school after its theft 40 years ago.
Hawking to retire Cambridge post
CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Physicist Stephen Hawking will retire his post in 2009 as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Britain's Cambridge University, the university said.
DUBLIN, Ireland, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton displayed symptoms of psychiatric disorders that may have been a key to their genius, a Dublin psychiatrist said.
UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2007.
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