Science, and its impact on a person's livelihood is the common denominator.

Our five senses are faulty data-taking devices, and they need help.

To achieve this density of a neutron star at home, just cram a herd of 50 million elephants into the volume of a thimble.

The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric of us to suggest that we're alone in the universe.

You don't need to be a scientist to know Earth's age or that life evolved. You just need be one who embraces objective truths

In five billion years, the sun will expand and engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day

In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs... we are treated to her view of this Hollywood sky-one where the stars on the right half of the scene trace the mirror image of the stars in the left half. How lazy can you get?