I'm not writing for myself. I'm writing as an educator, I'm writing to stimulate others.

You will never find scientists leading armies into battle. You just won’t. Especially not astrophysicists -we see the biggest picture there is. We understand how small we are in the cosmos. We understand how fragile and temporary our existence is here on Earth. We understand there are bigger problems we need to solve as a species than what God you pray to.

No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science.

For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.

Revelation replaced investigation.

Newton, Einstein, and every other great scientist in history...They all made mistakes. Of course they did. They're human! Science is a way to keep from fooling ourselves and each other.

If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans.