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A secret history of Stephen Hawking, by those who knew him best

2 news sources are covering this Science story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.

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2articles
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19h agofirst detected

🌍 Cross-language spread

This story first appeared in 🇪🇸 Spanish coverage — 1.7 hours before PULSE detected it in English news.

🇬🇧 English Sep 19, 11:40 UTC
🇪🇸 Spanish Sep 19, 10:00 UTC · OkDiario

Detected by matching proper nouns and figures that survive translation. Times reflect when each edition's coverage was first indexed.

Velocity

How fast coverage is spreading — measured hourly from article rate × source diversity. How this works →

The brief

"A secret history of Stephen Hawking, by those who knew him best" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 2 articles from 2 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.

Outlets currently covering the story include Kottke.org and thetimes.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.

This brief was generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only. The latest headlines from every source are listed below; the velocity chart shows how the story is developing in real time.

Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 6h ago.

Quick answers

Why is "A secret history of Stephen Hawking, by those who knew him best" trending?

Because 2 independent news sources published 2 articles about it in a short window — a coverage burst PULSE classifies as a trend.

How does PULSE measure this trend?

PULSE scores velocity from the rate of new articles weighted by source diversity, snapshotted hourly. The full method is public on our methodology page.

Is this trend still active?

The status badge on this page updates hourly: rising, peaking, cooling, or archived once coverage stops for 48 hours.

Coverage (2)

Topics

Stephen Hawking

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