I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world's energy problems, energy distribution problems. I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on.

What happens to other species also happens to us.

The US Navy has several people on every ship that can navigate by the stars. They don't fool with that.

The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change.

How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society?

Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. The key to our being here now is time, 4.54 billion (Earth) years of time. Nuclear fission wasn't discovered until long after Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace published their original books and papers, for example. Our ability to measure atomic masses wasn't developed until long after their deaths. These features of nature enabled us to reckon the age of the Earth and compare it with speciation rates here.

Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers - cut it out, and let's get to work.