After almost 30 years of arguing that a black hole swallows up everything that falls into it, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking backpedaled Thursday.
Does this mean we can all get rid of "A Brief History of Time" which none of us ever read anyway?
P.S. On second reading, it occurs to me that "backpedaled" might not have been the best word for MSNBC to use . . .