We have a remarkably complete picture in many ways - and it could be that we're not accounting for something that's almost three-quarters of the entire universe

So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising

As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community.

Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call

Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus.

Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators

From our point of view, the most exciting thing would be if we discovered something really fundamental in our understanding was just off a bit - and that now we have a chance to revisit it