Real patriots ask questions..

I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue..

Nature does not always conform to our predispositions and preferences, to what we deem comfortable and easy to understand..

Every cell is a triumph of natural selection, and we’re made of trillions of cells. Within us, is a little universe..

Probably a dozen times since their death I've heard my mother or father, in an ordinary conversational tone of voice, call my name. They had called m….

We live at a moment when our relationships to each other, and to all other beings with whom we share this planet, are up for grabs..

But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine..

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism..

One trend that bothers me is the glorification of stupidity, that the media is reassuring people it's alright not to know anything. That to me is far….

Religions contradict one another-on small matters, such as whether we should put on a hat or take one off on entering a house of worship, or whether ….

There is a report that says that kids who watch violent TV programs tend to be more violent when they grow up. But did the TV cause the violence, or ….

Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic..

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually chan….

I went to the librarian and asked for a book about stars.... And the answer was stunning. It was that the Sun was a star but really close. The stars ….

The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space..

It would be wryly interesting if in human history the cultivation of marijuana led generally to the invention of agriculture, and thereby to civiliza….

Human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group..

we make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.

If the press descended, the science would surely suffer..

Maxwell's Equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents..

Philosophers and scientists confidently offer up traits said to be uniquely human, and the monkeys and apes casually knock them down -- toppling the ….