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I'm perennially intrigued how people who lead largely evidence-based lives can, in a belief-based part of their mind, be certain that an invisible, di...more

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In the beginning, there was physics. "Physics" describes how matter, energy, space, and time behave and interact with one another. The interplay of th...more

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Philosophically, the universe has really never made things in ones. The Earth is special and everything else is different? No, we've got seven other p...more

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While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to me.

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Do you realize that if you fall into a black hole, you will see the entire future of the Universe unfold in front of you in a matter of moments and yo...more

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The knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on earth - the atoms that make up the human body, are traceable to the crucibles that cooked light ele...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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A bullet fired level from a gun will hit ground at same time as a bullet dropped from the same height. Do the Physics.

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The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric of us to...more

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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

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If God is the mystery of the universe, these mysteries, we're tackling these mysteries one by one. If you're going to stay religious at the end of the...more

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There are a lot of things you can do in space, and space essentially is unlimited resources. We are climbing over ourselves here looking for the next ...more

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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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People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the univ...more

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We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.