"Science is too important not to be a part of a popular culture."

"Skepticism must go hand in hand with rationality. When theories are shown to be false, the correct thing to do is to …"

"Anyone who thinks the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the world is a twat."

"We have written the evidence of our existence onto the surface of our planet. Our civilisation has become a beacon, t…"

"What scientists are attached to is journeys into the unknown and discovering things that are completely unexpected an…"

"As a fraction of the lifespan of the universe as measured from the beginning to the evaporation of the last black hol…"

"Yes, [science is my God] in a sense. I'm comfortable with the unknown, that's the point of science. There are places …"

"We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself."

"Science is unreasonably effective, it's generated knowledge beyond all expectation. It's also delivered perspective. …"

"Tolkien has become a monster, devoured by his own popularity and absorbed into the absurdity of our time. The chasm b…"