Quotes About Science

You can make invisible ink out of milk, lemon juice, saliva, vinegar, even soapy water—anything that will oxidize when you heat it.

Unlike people from any other time in history, we know what we are looking at when we look up upon the night sky.

There is perhaps no topic more widely discussed among theologians, philosophers and scientists of nearly all times and all cultures than the origin of the Universe.

For many thousands of years, human beings have wondered and asked questions about the distant past and the remote future of our world. The fact that we continue to ask such questions does not distinguish us from our ancient ancestors. What does make us different is that for the first time in history we, as a species, are capable of producing real and credible answers to these questions. We are among the first to be witness of the Big Bang.

Despite the great deal of interest and speculation that the origin of our Universe has generated, science had little to say about in before a hundred or so years ago.

Volcanoes can be Active, Dormant, or Extinct.

Now, remember what Bayes' Theorem does: it helps us update a hypothesis based on new evidence.

Bayes' Theorem does: it helps us update a hypothesis based on new evidence.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.

God forbid, but if this nation ultimately fails, I believe it will be because opinions, propaganda, and superstitions replaced facts as the basis for our governance. By doing so, we will have undercut a key strength of the United States over the course of its history, one that receives too little attention: science.

Statistically, people recover or die at the same rate with or without attempted faith healing.

And eggs are the most bioavailable source of protein per calorie known to man.)

The bond between parent and child is chemical, fierce, and inexplicable, even if that parent is a sworn killer. This connection cannot be measured; it at once more subtle and more powerful than science.

You don't sound like a scientist, you sound like a poet." Rey smiled, "Can I be both?" But you'd rather be a poet." Who wouldn't?" he said.

most of us instinctively see vulnerability as a condition to be hidden. But science shows that when it comes to creating cooperation, vulnerability is not a risk but a psychological requirement.

It's called mental contrasting, and it seems less like science than the kind of advice you might come across on a late-night infomercial: Envision a reachable goal, and envision the obstacles. The thing is, as Oettingen discovered, this method works, triggering significant changes in behavior and motivation.

Normally, we think about trust and vulnerability the way we think about standing on solid ground and leaping into the unknown: first we build trust, then we leap. But science is showing us that we've got it backward. Vulnerability doesn't come after trust—it precedes it. Leaping into the unknown, when done alongside others, causes the solid ground of trust to materialize beneath our feet.

science shows that when it comes to creating cooperation, vulnerability is not a risk but a psychological requirement.

City burning, in other words, was becoming something of a science.

In a study from researchers at UCLA, the hippocampus and frontal cortex were found to be significantly larger in people who meditate regularly. Meditation has also been found to aid in weight loss, reduce muscle tension, and tighten the skin. Many people

Evolve the Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind

You may think yellow is a color, but it isn't. It's a psychological state. It is what human beings with working visual apparatus experience when their eyes are struck by light with a wavelength of 580 nanometers.

Unfortunately, even big ideas leave no fossils for carbon dating