If we raise a generation of students who dont believe in the process of science, who think everything that weve come to know about nature and the universe can be dismissed by a few sentences translated into English from some ancient text, youre not going to continue to innovate.
BILL NYEThe most serious problem facing humankind is climate change.
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Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.
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People and stars are made of the same stuff.
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How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society?
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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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For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.
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Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk.
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Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers – cut it out, and let’s get to work.
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We need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for 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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Along with the evidence of common sense, researchers have proven scientifically that humans are all one people. We’re a lot like dogs in that regard. If a Great Dane interacts (can we say interact?) with a Chihuahua, you get a dog.
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Hard to find anything lovelier than a tree. They grow at right angles to a tangent of the nominal sphere of the Earth.
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You start doing the addictive behavior to feel good and then your receptors get overloaded with dopamine, then you stop doing the addictive thing and some of the receptors have shut down and you don’t have enough dopamine to feel good.
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If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it’s game over. It’s control-alt-delete for civilization.
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The natural world is a package deal; you don’t get to select which facts you like and which you don’t.
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Educated women have fewer kids. And the kids they do have are better cared for and are more successful. As I like to say, it’s not one thing that we need to focus on. It’s everything all at once.
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