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@neiltyson

Astrophysicist

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Joined January 2009
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  1. 14 hours ago

    When did it become okay to be more offended by what someone with no power says than by what someone with power does?

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  2. Apr 25

    Dog versus Porcupine: Porcupine 1 / Dog 0 ()

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  3. Apr 23

    "Lord what fools these mortals be" April 23: Happy Birthday+Deathday William Shakespeare 1564-1616. A contemporary of J.Kepler, F.Bacon, & Galileo,

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  4. Apr 22

    But that’s a start...

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    Admittedly, "Preserve the Relatively Stable Biosphere in Which Human Civilization Developed" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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  5. Apr 22

    The perennial cry to “Save Earth" is odd. Planet Earth survives massive asteroid strikes -- it'll survive anything we throw at it. But Life on Earth will not.

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  6. Apr 21

    A garden is a zoo for plants

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  7. Apr 20

    PRECIOUS AIR: In relative thickness, Earth’s atmosphere is to Earth as the skin of an apple is to an apple.

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  8. Apr 17

    We will rue the day that garlic cloves of the world rise up in protest of the slicing and…

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  9. Apr 14

    innovations in Science & Technology are the engines of today’s Health, tomorrow’s Economy, and perpetual Security.

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  10. Apr 14

    Objective truths are established by evidence. Personal truths by faith. Political truths by incessant repetition.

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  11. Apr 14

    The only point of Science, with its methods and tools, is to decode all that is objectively true in Nature.

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  12. Apr 14

    Scientists are simply adults who retained and nurtured their native curiosity from childhood.

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  13. Apr 14

    Science Literacy is not only about what you know, it's about your depth of curiosity, and your capacity to evaluate evidence.

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  14. Apr 14

    Once again, perhaps the most important words I've ever spoken, put to video [4 mins]:

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  15. Apr 14

    Innovations in Science & Technology are the engines of today’s Health, tomorrow’s Economy, and perpetual Security.

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  16. Apr 14

    Ever wonder “What Science Is and How and Why it Works”? [essay 1000 words]:

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  17. Apr 13

    If you do the full calculation you will find that Friday the 13th is no less rare on the calendar than Thursday the 12th.

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  18. Apr 12

    In my day, the word “Awesome" was reserved for things like curing Polio and walking on the Moon, not for food or TV shows.

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  19. Apr 10

    Amid the fire & fury of books on politics, “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” has spent 48 weeks on the NYTimes Bestseller List. Thanks to all who peered through this heartfelt conduit to the cosmos, at a time, it seems, when rational thinking has lost all currency in the World

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  20. Apr 8

    Forgive me. Forgot about the lone exception in the universe to Newton’s 3rd Law. -- He can touch you, but “You can’t touch this."

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