Would a NASA reality show "Lunar Shore" be more popular than "Jersey Shore?" Civilization's future depends on that answer.

The atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of years ago. For this reason, we are biologically connected to every other living thing in the world. We are chemically connected to all molecules on Earth. And we are atomically connected to all atoms in the universe. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.

Only when creative people take ownership of cosmic discovery will society accept science as the cultural activity that it is.

I try to educate the public and let them make the decisions for themselves.

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.

I try to keep this in mind when tied in to a rope 75 feet up in a tree... The history of ideas about our place in the universe has been a long series of let-downs for those who like to believe we are special.

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