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Let's say intelligence is your ability to compose poetry, symphonies, do art, math and science. Chimps can't do any of that, yet we share 99 percent D...more

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The more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world.

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Science literacy is an important part of what it is to be an informed citizen of society.

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In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one else before or after is g...more

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The cosmic perspective not only embraces our genetic kinship with all life on Earth but also values our chemical kinship with any yet-to-be discovered...more

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I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind, body, and soul of ou...more

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Science literacy is being plugged into the forces that power the universe. There is no excuse for thinking that the Sun, which is a million times the ...more

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Some people think emotionally more often than they think politically. Some think politically more often than they think rationally. Others never think...more

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Science, enabled by engineering, empowered by NASA, tells us not only that we are in the universe but that the universe is in us. And for me, that sen...more

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If the whole world shared such experiences, we would then have common dreams and everybody could begin thinking about tomorrow. And if everybody think...more