Commentary

Articles

1. 100 Years Ago

   March 25, 2023

2. A Few Words on Abortion

   May 4, 2022

3. Because of Science

   March 18, 2021

4. Reflections on the Color of My Skin

   June 3, 2020

5. Hawaii’s Conduit to the Cosmos

   September 25, 2019

6. Science in America

   April 21, 2017

7. Reflections on Rationalia

   August 7, 2016

8. What Science Is, and How and Why It Works

   January 23, 2016

9. Dark Matter

   December 17, 2015

10. Past, Present, and Future of NASA: U.S. Senate Testimony

    March 7, 2012

11. If I Were President…

    August 21, 2011

12. For The Love of Hubble

    June 22, 2008

13. Vote by Numbers

    June 6, 2008

14. Why America Needs to Explore Space

    August 5, 2007

15. Where Even the Sky is No Limit

    November 25, 2002

16. Destiny in Space

    January 1, 2001

17. Misaligned Stars

    July 22, 1998

Cosmic Perspective

The Cosmic Perspective was a segment on NOVA Science Now between 2006 and 2009.

• Dark Matter and Dark Energy
• Asteroid Impacts and Extinction
• Intelligent Life?
• Looking Up
• The Search For Water
• Coming To Our Senses
• Carbon
• Happy Birthday, NASA
• The Northern Lights
• Telescopes in Space
• Bad News and Uncertainty
• Tiny Things of Great Import
• Aging Stars

Blue Collar Intellectuals

Part of the series “Appetite for the Cosmos” for the Planetary Society, 2006.

• The Fan
• The Janitor
• The Cabbie
• The Delivery Guy
• The Sanitation Truck Driver