I object to religion in science classrooms not because it's religion but because it's not science.

If you look at Einstein's equations and put in low speeds and low gravity, they become Newton's equations.

If you're scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you.

Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets.

Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we're still at the mercy of nature.

The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.

What scientists want next is a thorough comparison of what we and exosolar planets and vagabonds look like. Only in this way will we know whether our home life is normal or whether we live in a dysfunctional solar family.