Growing new organs of the body as they wear out, extending the human lifespan? What's not to like?

In some sense, gravity does not exist; what moves the planets and the stars is the distortion of space and time.

I would hope that the publicity around the Higgs boson would increase the public awareness of physics and cosmology.

Faust was this mythical figure who sold his soul to the devil for unlimited power. The Japanese have made that Faustian bargain because they don't have coal, oil or hydro power.

Chances are, when we meet intelligent life forms in outer space they're going to be descended from predators.

Eternal life does not violate the laws of physics. After all, we only die because of one word: "error." The longer we live, the more errors there are that are made by our bodies when they read our genes. That means cells get sluggish. The body doesn't function as well as it could, which is why the skin ages. Then organs eventually fail, so that's why we die.

I used to watch the old 'Flash Gordon' series on TV, and it was thrilling to rocket to the planet Mongo every week. But after a while, I figured out that although Flash got the girl and all the accolades, it was really Dr. Zarkov who made the series work. Without Dr. Zarkov, there could be no Flash Gordon.