It's an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe's supreme achievement and its worst nightmare simultaneously.

You don't need a science degree to understand about science. You just need to think about it.

Four times I was honked at for having the temerity to proceed through town without the benefit of metal.

There is no reason why we shouldn't be able to split an infinitive, any more than we should forsake instant coffee and air travel because they weren't available to the Romans.

You may not feel outstandingly robust, but if you are an average-sized adult you will contain within your modest frame no less than 7 X 10^18 joules of potential energy—enough to explode with the force of thirty very large hydrogen bombs, assuming you knew how to liberate it and really wished to make a point.

The best that can be said for Norwegian television is that it gives you the sensation of a coma without the worry and inconvenience.

I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour.