Perhaps you didn't spot that the author was Professor Michael Mosley. Or perhaps that doesn't affect your assessment.

I read the entire thing and who it was written by does not change how I feel about it or the dailymail

that is super strange thing to say… if you know and trust the author what does it matter where the article is published…?

I know the author in the sense that I know who it was written by, I don't know his reputation or how credible he is and where it was published does matter. If this Stephen Hawking published in the National Enquirer people would justifiably be wondering if it was a joke.