Note, however, that you cannot simply add temperatures the way you can add volumes or weights. Two people in bed, each with body temperatures of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, do not normally create a 197.2 degree under-the-cover oven.

The universe's destiny has very little to do with the near-term destiny of Earth.

I'd like - inviting aliens and have them observe what we do because so much of what we do that we take for granted will just be weird or extraordinary or just plain dumb when observed by an alien from another civilization.

No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science.

Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance.

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

Science, and its impact on a person's livelihood is the common denominator.