My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.

Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts.

The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature.

Through this additional support, we must renew our commitment to provide talented young people with the opportunity to build scientific careers based on their curiosity, the same opportunity that was provided to me when I began my work.

Thinking about quantum physics is like unraveling your brain and putting it back together again upside down. Much like studying Kabbalah.

All the science fiction I loved as a kid was holding up a mirror to society and warning us about the need for course correction.

I'd love to present a popular science programme because it's something I feel very passionate about.

I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.