Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.

We need to look at NASA, not as a handout, but as an investment.

What would aliens say when told earthlings shift clocks twice a year to fool themselves into thinking there's more sunlight?

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.

Part of me thinks that I've been called by the universe, to get all sort of spiritual about it. Like, I've had no actual say in the matter. The universe found me.

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

If it's a new planet, sign me up. I'm tired of driving around the block, boldly going where hundreds have gone before in orbit around earth-give me a place to go and I'll go.