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.

There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.

Everyone, red state, blue state, everyone supports space exploration.

Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't.

Apparently there is redundancy in memory: You store the same memory in different parts of your brain for accessing at different speeds. That speed would depend on the frequency of use and the importance of the knowledge.

To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people's trash.

Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.