People like death and mayhem.

If there were biologists among the extremophiles organisms that live in extreme conditions, they would surely classify themselves as normal and any life that thrived in room temperature as an extremophile.

We only went to the moon for military reasons. The space enthusiasts of the day kept saying, "Oh, we're on the moon; we should be on Mars in ten years." That's if it was driven by exploration, but it's never been driven by exploration.

You can't be a writer and have nothing to write about. You have to have life experiences.

Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun's green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.

So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going.

UV is bad for molecules because its high energy breaks the bonds between a molecule's constituent atoms. That's why UV is bad for you, too: it's always best to avoid things that decompose the molecules of your flesh.