Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.

I didn’t understand how you could be an actor if you didn’t also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also just go out and live life and have experiences.

We’ve established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right for our state, meaning the quality of our lives will get better.

Our work on light bulbs wasn’t an arbitrary mandate. We didn’t just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a standard that made sense and … Read more

When push comes to shove, it ain’t the science that’s going to lift you up-it’s the belief, the spiritual side of life, that’s going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists.

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.

Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science like all spiritual qualities, it has the vagueness of greatness about it.

I think if I’m going to do a science fiction, I’m going to go down a new path that I want to do.

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.