I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don't shoulder lightly.

The last person I ever want working for me is someone who says 'that's not in my job description.

You can't be a writer and have nothing to write about. You have to have life experiences.

If God to you is where science has yet to tread, then God is an ever-receding pocket.

UV is bad for molecules because its high energy breaks the bonds between a molecule's constituent atoms. That's why UV is bad for you, too: it's always best to avoid things that decompose the molecules of your flesh.

I'd like to live in a world where people embrace objective truths rather than be offended by them.

Pop culture is the scaffold we all carry around with us.