Physicists have yet to understand why the Higgs boson's mass is what it is.

Scientific research involves going beyond the well-trodden and well-tested ideas and theories that form the core of scientific knowledge. During the time scientists are working things out, some results will be right, and others will be wrong. Over time, the right results will emerge.

Creativity is essential to particle physics, cosmology, and to mathematics, and to other fields of science, just as it is to its more widely acknowledged beneficiaries - the arts and humanities.

Probably if you look like Tyra Banks, it probably is hard, even if you are really smart, for people to take - it surprises some.

There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and what science is.

One of the nice things about math and science is it’s obvious, you get the answer or you don’t get the answer.

You might find it hard to imagine gravity as a weak force, but consider that a small magnet can hold up a paper clip, even though the entire earth is pulling down on it.