The info is three weeks old and I can't find a previous thread, but I've just read that Stephen Hawking's replacement is Michael Green
I must be living under a rock because I've not heard anything about it (sheltered I guess).
There's an Aether heratic at the helm

Tee-he-he-he
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardia...sian-professor
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/8316955.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...reen-cambridge