I'd bet almost anything that life from another planet, if formed independently from life on Earth, would be more different from all species of Earth life than any two species of Earth life are from each other.

The depth of experience fine wine can bring to a dinner, particularly a bottle that has been through the past 100 years, makes you take stock of your own life.

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

The urge to miniaturize electronics did not exist before the space program. I mean our grandparents had radios that was furniture in the living room. Nobody at the time was saying, 'Gee, I want to carry that in my pocket.' Which is a non-thought.

No one is dumb who is curious.

The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.

If you're scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you.