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Stephen Hawking Going To Canada

thepacketmaster writes "A previous Slashdot article I posted mentioned the possibility of Stephen Hawking coming to Canada. The Toronto Star now reports that he has accepted the position. Hawking will hold the title of distinguished research chair at the prestigious Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics."

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  1. Hawkin's Taking Off To Canada, eh by itsybitsy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    We welcome our black hole overlord to the Great White North, aka Canada, eh.

  2. Hawking and Healthcare by Mordecus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I do hope someone's told him about the awful state of the Canadian health care system. With his condition, he might well be signing his own death warrant by moving here....