Tag: Stephen Hawking

• Why the death of black holes is a big problem for physics

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Part 4 of my 4-part series on black holes for Medium members is up; part 1 is here,  part 2 is here, and part 3 is here. If enough of…

  Matthew R. Francis

  October 26, 2017

  Medium

  black holes, Hawking radiation, information paradox, quantum gravity, Stephen Hawking

• Why physicists hate time

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Wait a second: What came before the big bang? Not everyone thinks the universe had a beginning. This story originally appeared in the print edition of the September issue…

  Matthew R. Francis

  October 7, 2017

  Popular Science, Print publications

  Big Bang, braneworlds, cosmology, inflation, Stephen Hawking, string theory

• Stephen Hawking, black holes, and scientific celebrity

  For the upcoming ScienceOnline 2014 meeting, I’m leading a session titled “Reporting Incremental Science in a World that wants Big Results“. It’s an important topic. We who communicate science to the general public have to evaluate stories to see if they’re worth covering, then translate them in such a way that conveys their significance without…

  Matthew R. Francis

  February 14, 2014

  Galileo’s Pendulum, Slate, Writing for Other Sites

  black holes, Hawking radiation, how science works, quantum gravity, Stephen Hawking