Occupation: Physicist Birth: April 22, 1946
The problem here is that a civilization that is 1,000 light years away doesn't know we exist. They don't know that we have radio telescopes here on E….
Science is about explaining the world, and religion is about interpreting it. There shouldn't be any conflict..
The development of artificial intelligence may well imply that man will relinquish his intellectual supremacy in favor of thinking machines. With oce….
I should say we know that there are many, many other Earths out there. We're almost certain that there will be upwards of a billion Earth-like planet….
In time, [a Martian] colony would grow to the point of being self- sustaining. When this stage was reached, humanity would have a precious insurance ….
We could tell them [alien civilization] things that we have discovered in the realm of mathematical physics, but there is stuff that I would like to ….
No planet is more earth-like than Earth itself, so if life really does pop up readily in earth-like conditions, then surely it should have arisen man….
Very, very slowly, the dwarf remnants of what was once our mighty sun will cool and dim, until it embarks on its final metamorphosis, gradually solid….
In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue..
If we do discover more than one type of life on Earth, we can be fairly certain that the universe is teeming with it, for it would be inconceivable t….
Matter is regarded as being constituted by a region of space in which the field is extremely intense . . . . . . There is no place in this new kind o….
I suppose my interest in looking for life elsewhere in the universe really dates back to my teens. What teenager doesn't look up at the sky at night ….
The secret of our success on planet Earth is space. Lots of it. Our solar system is a tiny island of activity in an ocean of emptiness..
Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returning to the Moon may be worthy and attainable, but ….
"Are we alone in the universe?" This is a question which goes back to the dawn of history, but for most of human history it has been in the province ….
The language of chemistry simply does not mesh with that of biology. Chemistry is about substances and how they react, whereas biology appeals to con….
Until now, physical theories have been regarded as merely models with approximately describe the reality of nature. As the models improve, so the fit….
Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by cont….
Astronauts have been stuck in low-Earth orbit, boldly going nowhere. American attempts to kick-start a new phase of lunar exploration have stalled am….
The anthropic principle is an unfortunate name as it implies something about humanity..
It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that the answer to cancer will lie. Nor will this con….