Does the full moon affect people's behavior, you ask? Yup. It makes people think the full moon affects people's behavior.

Some molecules - ammonia, carbon dioxide, water - show up everywhere in the universe, whether life is present or not. But others pop up especially in the presence of life itself. Among the biomarkers in Earth's atmosphere are ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons from aerosol sprays, vapor from mineral solvents, escaped coolants from refrigerators and air conditioners, and smog from the burning of fossil fuels. No other way to read that list: sure signs of the absence of intelligence.

If something comes up that is completely freaky, it's spiritual-looking to the scientist, the first explanation is not going to be that it's God, because the history of that has failed. It would have to be, like, the hundredth explanation.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

It would be amazing if something completely spiritual sounding happened. Oh, my gosh! We'd be all over it. Because it's something new about the physical universe.

NASA has spin-offs, and it's a huge and very impressive list, including accurate and affordable LASIK eye surgery.

When we try to look farther into the universe we come to what appears to be the end of space but actually it's the beginning of time.