Statistically, 2012 was the safest year to travel on a plane, in the history of aviation. Not one major passenger plane crashed. It's pretty amazing. And when you see them being taken apart and you see the work that goes into keeping those things in the air, you think, "Wow!"

Those people who are scared of science or are a bit dismissive of science tend to not really understand what science really is, which is the most beautiful, most elegant and most creative way of looking at the world.

There is so much wonder and joy in science, about understanding how the world works and why the world is the way it is. It's not just for academics. It is a thing that's available to everyone.

Yeah. Science doesn't end. That's the one thing I learned. People think of science as spitting out right answers, and that's it. It's always under review.

People think of science like somehow that's the answer, and that it's all about right answers, but science is a lens that we look at the world through.

At the heart of science is experimentation. Science doesn't care what you think. What's important is experimenting and actually working stuff out.

I was very much the laymen, trying to find stuff out because I'm curious about the world.