An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician.

Science is different to all other systems of thought because you dont need faith in it, you can check that it works.

Climate change: Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics

Deeper understanding confers that most precious thing - wonder.

If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is just a matter of opinion.

The fact is that Hollywood, from as early as the sixties to the present time, has ghettoized cinema into the big industry, a marketing industry. In doing this, the audiences have lost touch with the aspects of film which were to be informative and educational and even spiritual.

No one gets teased for being a geek anymore- science is the new rock n roll