Neil deGrasse
Neil deGrasse
friday communication bad-ass
On Friday the 13th, April 2029, an asteroid large enough to fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an egg cup will fly so close to Earth that it will dip below the altitude of our communication satellites. We did not name this asteroid Bambi. Instead, we named it Apophis, after the Egyptian god of darkness and death.
asteroids saws generations
Why can't we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse?
issues environmental today
Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.
moon jupiter ifs
If you find life on Europa [Jupiter's moon], like, what would you call it? Would it be, like, Europeans?
ocean whales water
Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.
mind-blowing one-day wake-up
Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that! And don’t say “I’ll never be good”. You can become better! and one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find out how good you actually became.
motivation philosophy successful
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
reading writing empathy
So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.'
motivational inspiring success
Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
theory-of-evolution facts cosmos
The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
bullshit empowering empower-yourself
To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
philosophy knowledge kids
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
beauty molecules earth
We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
way firsts standing-out
One trait stands out in nearly all meteorites: metal; they've got it. So, the best way to find a meteorite is to hear it first.