To get an Emmy nomination for a show that was the first-ever science talk show on television to us was an affirmation that there is an appetite for this content in the mainstream public, not just the erudite public. So we're all completely thrilled by it.

WhenIWasYourAge: People were never "living with their disease." We cured them. Or they died from it.

As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.

My investment of time, as an educator, in my judgment, is best served teaching people how to think about the world around them. Teach them how to pose a question. How to judge whether one thing is true versus another.

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

Perhaps we’ve never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon earth and decided there’s no sign of intelligent life.

If a scientist is not befuddled by what they're looking at, then they're not a research scientist.