Misc. Ramblings

This article from the NewScientitst website says noted physicists Stephen Hawking has changed his mind about black holes. Up to recently, he postulated that everything that fell into a black hole was destroyed. But according to the article, Hawking will recant this belief at the 17th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation in Dublin, Ireland next week. Of course, we will have to wait for the conference to see what he actually has to say but if true, this could radically change our understanding of black holes.