Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying Lou Gehrig's disease

Friday, January 6, 2012

CAMBRIDGE, England -- British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: how he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease.

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