I bet most of the crowd does not know that there are six moons in the solar system bigger than Pluto.

Society needs to see science not as a luxury of funding but as a fundamental activity that drives enlightenment, economics, and security.

85 percent of the gravity of the universe has a point of origin about which we know nothing.

Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.

And I don't care what else anyone has ever told you, the Sun is white, not yellow. Human color perception is a complicated business, but if the Sun were yellow, like a yellow lightbulb, then white stuff such as snow would reflect this light and appear yellow-a snow condition confirmed to happen only near fire hydrants.

As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.

Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.