“We must embark on a cultural shift that places science in its rightful place alongside music, art and literature as an indispensable part of what makes life worth living.”

Brian Greene continues his efforts to carry the torch of poetic “science-is-beautiful” rhapsody laid down by Carl Sagan in the New York Times today.
I saw the headline and I smiled - then I clicked and saw the byline and my heart started racing. When I read it, I almost shed a tear. I […]

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For Carl

My first graduate school interview was in Baltimore, MD, in the waning days of the winter of 2000. My aim was admission to the Molecular and Cell Biology PhD program of Johns Hopkins University. I grew up in a household full of reverence for the place. When I was a little kid, […]

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