You should chose your heroes a-la carte. Picking and choosing from one and then another, thereby assembling a kind of composite hero. That way when you discover something reprehensible about any one of them it matters nothing to you because that's not the part of them that piqued your interest.

The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect.

95, 96 percent of all that drives the universe has no known origin.

Gamma rays are the sort of radiation you should avoid. Want proof? Just remember how the comic strip character "The Hulk" became big, green, and ugly.

Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.

If there's some kind of rock star status, would I be irresponsible if I didn't somehow use it for a continued greater good? I'm always involved in some way with reaching the public.

I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of its members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence.