Nuclear fission wasn’t discovered until long after Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace published their original books and papers, for example.
BILL NYEThe most serious problem facing humankind is climate change. All of these people breathing and burning our atmosphere has led to an extraordinarily dangerous situation.
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Without an end to the burning of fossil fuels, coal especially, most of us will live shorter lives. I’m hopeful, but very, very concerned.
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Recommending or insisting on abstinence has been completely ineffective.
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If you decide to become a dancer on Broadway, never say who your favorite dance partner is, because members of the media will presume you never want to dance with anybody else.
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People and stars are made of the same stuff.
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For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.
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I always say when you see that old black-and-white footage of the rocket on the launch pad and it falls over and explodes, that’s because people had slide rules. Not having the decimal point is a real drawback. You want the decimal point, take it from me.
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Also, we have a strange situation where we have malnourished fat people. It’s not that we need more food. It’s that we need to manage our food system better.
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The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change.
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SCIENCE is a part of EVERYONE’S everyday life.
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We should educate more women and girls. Because that is the surest route to controllably, manageably reducing the human population.
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This is in stark contrast to creationism, which offers a static view of the world, one that cannot be challenged or tested with reason. And because it cannot make predictions, it cannot lead to new discoveries, new medicines, or new ways to feed all of us.
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Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There’s something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym.
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But as the cerebellum degrades with age, so does the quality of memories. The memories are there, but they’re not as good.
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People get a lot out of being religious. They have strong senses of community and mutual support. So, what’s not to love [there]?
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Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. That pursuit fills me with wonder.
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