Has Stephen Hawking Solved a Black Hole Paradox?

Stephen Hawking recently announced that he’d come up with an answer to one of the biggest questions in physics. But it’ll probably be a while before we know exactly what it is.

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Sources:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/212968-stephen-hawking-may-have-finally-solved-the-black-hole-information-problem
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0826/Is-Stephen-Hawking-s-latest-black-hole-theory-full-of-holes

Hawking proposes solution to black hole problem

http://qz.com/487418/stephen-hawking-explains-how-to-escape-a-black-hole/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-hawkings-black-hole-theory_55dc60bbe4b08cd3359d30a0
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/08/25/stephen-hawking-believes-hes-solved-a-huge-mystery-about-black-holes/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christoph-adami/did-hawking-just-solve-his-own_b_8040772.html
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-stephen-hawking-black-hole-information-paradox-20150826-story.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stephen-hawking-hasn-t-solved-the-black-hole-paradox-just-yet/