There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.

Vision is more than looking.

As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University.

In my view, the argument from parsimony is really no argument at all - it typically functions only to shut down more interesting discussion. If history is any guide, it's never a good idea to assume that a scientific problem is cornered.

The three-pound organ in your skull - with its pink consistency of Jell-o - is an alien kind of computational material. It is composed of miniaturized, self-configuring parts, and it vastly outstrips anything we've dreamt of building.

Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones who can empathize with their problems.

Everybody knows the power of deadlines - and we all hate them. But their effectiveness is undeniable.