It turns out that the history of astrophysics is where we perfected time keeping.

My only hope is that every other alien civilization isn't doing exactly what we are doing because then everybody would be listening, nobody would be receiving, and we would collectively conclude that there is no other intelligent life in the universe.

You don't discard Newton. Newton becomes the limiting case of how you would apply Einstein's theories.

The problem in society is not kids not knowing science. The problem is adults not knowing science. They outnumber kids 5 to 1, they wield power, they write legislation. When you have scientifically illiterate adults, you have undermined the very fabric of what makes a nation wealthy and strong.

Let's create a World's Fair that captures everybody's visions of tomorrow together and let's celebrate that vision. Let's have articles on it with illustrators imagining how we'd be living differently.

Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us.

The Venus transit is not a spectacle the way a total solar eclipse is a spectacle.