How can a speck of a universe be physically identical to the great expanse we view in the heavens above?

If string theory is right, the microscopic fabric of our universe is a richly intertwined multidimensional labyrinth within which the strings of the universe endlessly twist and vibrate, rhythmically beating out the laws of the cosmos.

Energy is the ultimate convertable currency.

The absolute worst thing that you ever can do, in my opinion, in bringing science to the general public, is be condescending or judgmental. It is so opposite to the way science needs to be brought forth.

So: if you buy the notion that reality consists of the things in your freeze-frame mental image right now, and if you agree that your now is no more valid than the now of someone located far away in space who can move freely, then reality encompasses all of the events in spacetime.

Experimental evidence is the final arbiter of right and wrong.

My best teachers were not the ones who knew all the answers, but those who were deeply excited by questions they couldn't answer.