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The only driver stronger than an economic argument to do something is the war argument, the I-don't-want-to-die argument.
The humblest person in this world is the astrophysicist. Because we are face to face with our ignorance every single day.
I was born the same week NASA was founded, so we're the same age and feel some of the same pains, joys, and frustrations.
If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
Would a NASA reality show "Lunar Shore" be more popular than "Jersey Shore?" Civilization's future depends on that answer.
In nature, when you conduct science, it is the natural world that is the ultimate decider in what is true and what is not.
If you want to come behind the Bible and explain everything scientifically, then you're denying God's power over miracles.
Your center of mass is a place you cannot visit but you always carry with you. Like memories, it is part of life's baggage.
Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun's green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.
The day we stop exploring is the day we commit ourselves to live in a stagnant world, devoid of curiosity, empty of dreams.
Don't know if it's good or bad that a Google search on “Big Bang Theory” lists the sitcom before the origin of the Universe
Merry Christmas to all. A Pagan holiday (BC) becomes a Religious holiday (AD). Which then becomes a Shopping holiday (USA).
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.
Odd how often blood is shed to obtain freedom from those in power. Oppressors must be the most insecure people in the world.
There's an old saying in the space community: 'If God wanted us to be a spacefaring species, he would have given us a moon'.
What would aliens say when told earthlings shift clocks twice a year to fool themselves into thinking there's more sunlight?
If you're a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you're not going to be a good scientist.
In this 21st century, bedtime doesn't matter at all. All that matters is what you set for your DVR [Digital Video Recorder].
There is no true understanding of Biology without Chemistry. And there's no true understanding of Chemistry without Physics.
Wanna lose 1200 Calories a month? Drink a liter of ice water a day. You burn the energy just raising the water to body temp.
Evidence my 14yr old daughter is geek-literate: In lieu of OK, one might type K while texting. She instead typed "Potassium".
Just to settle it once and for all: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The egg, laid by a bird that was not a chicken.
America 2012: The Learning Channel has HoneyBooBoo, History Channel has PawnStars: and the Science Channel has PumpkinChunkin
If Pizza sizes were given in area not diameter, you'd see instantly that a 7 inch is less than half the size of a 10 inch pie
When a coincidence seems amazing, that's because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
Only when creative people take ownership of cosmic discovery will society accept science as the cultural activity that it is.
On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642
Relativity. Gravity. Quantum. Electrodynamics. Evolution. Each of these theories is true, whether or not you believe in them.
On Venus you could cook a 16-inch pepperoni pizza in seven seconds, just by holding it out to the air. (Yes, I did the math.)
You don't need to be a scientist to know Earth's age or that life evolved. You just need be one who embraces objective truths
If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument.
Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure.
The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.'
I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.
When I shop for fruit & melons I like to hold a grape next to a cantaloupe & think of Earth next to Jupiter. Then I eat Earth.
Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.
The limits on your enlightenment come not from the age you stopped going to school but from the age you stopped being curious.
On some issues, I'm a staunch Conservative — like curtailing greenhouse gas emissions so that we can Conserve the environment.
It seems that we're better at finding someone to blame for our problems than we are at finding creative solutions to fix them.
It's progress I think, that science has joined philosophy, metaphysics & religion as subjects drunk people argue about in bars.
Perhaps we’ve never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon earth and decided there’s no sign of intelligent life.
Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand
Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.
One trait stands out in nearly all meteorites: metal; they've got it. So, the best way to find a meteorite is to hear it first.
Perhaps we've never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon Earth and decided there's no sign of intelligent life.
Next time you're stunned by a large moon on the horizon, bend over and view it between your legs. The effect goes away entirely.
Wow, monitor lizards are pretty gnarly creatures. I want to go with the monitor lizard. That's just weird enough to be true. No?
Einstein's theory, we know that it fails. In advance, we know it fails. So that a deeper understanding of nature is awaiting us.