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Shutting down flat Earthers, Neil deGrasse Tyson style
Belief systems aren't necessarily dangerous until they're spread by someone with influence.
February 08, 2020
Neil deGrasse Tyson: How the 24/7 news cycle compromises science
The race to be first in science journalism is hurting science.
January 30, 2020
Neil deGrasse Tyson: How science literacy can save us from the internet
If you understand when and how to ask questions, you possess an effective inoculation against charlatans.
January 24, 2020
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Scientists’ brains are wired to see differently
Scientists are expert observers. Because of this, they can help us develop a keener view of the world — the cosmos.
November 27, 2019
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Want to prove aliens exist? Do this.
Neil deGrasse Tyson wants to believe. He just needs to see the evidence first.
November 18, 2019
The best tactic for science education? Leverage the power of pop culture.
Can understanding science make pop culture better, and can understanding pop culture make science more interesting? Absolutely.
July 08, 2017
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Don't believe the dark matter hype
There's something all of us—physicists included—are getting wrong about dark matter, says Neil deGrasse Tyson.
June 06, 2017
Neil deGrasse Tyson wants to go ice fishing on Europa
Everyone loves Europa, says Neil deGrasse Tyson. Why? It's a strong bet for finding life in our solar system, and it's even more amazing because it breaks all the rules.
May 12, 2017
Science: The rise (and fall?) of America
From Abraham Lincoln's founding of the National Academy of Sciences in 1863, to the US currently leading the world in the Nobel Prize count (a third of which we owe to immigrants), America was built on science. What happens when we doubt and defund it?
May 08, 2017
Science Can Reinvent America
According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, three fears account for "the most expensive, ambitious projects humans have ever undertaken."
August 30, 2013
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Why Do We Have to Be Shocked Into Being Motivated to Lead?
How might we apply the notion of a "Sputnik moment" to our own lives, as we look for those occasions that compel us to invent for tomorrow?
April 24, 2013
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science Is In Our DNA
We explore our environment more than we are compelled to utter poetry when we’re toddlers, says Neil deGrasse Tyson.
May 02, 2012
My Man, Sir Isaac Newton
Are you 26 years-old or older? If so, you are older than Isaac Newton was when he invented calculus... on a dare! Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why Newton is the greatest physicist of all time.
February 19, 2009
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. He is the first occupant of the Frederick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium. His professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson obtains his data from the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as from telescopes in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and in the Andes Mountains of Chile.Tyson is the recipient of nine honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid "13123 Tyson".
Tyson's new book is Letters From an Astrophysicist (2019).
