Nuclear Ponderer Gifts

Progress?

'Houston, I'm prepared to land...'

Schrodinger's Black Box

"What's your favorite planet, Randy?" "There is only one answer, little buddy. There is only one planet full of lush, green forests and beautiful, windswept ocean vista... all of which are natural aphrodisiacs that inspire lovers, philosophers and poets." "You know, Pandora is not a real planet." "I'm talking about Earth, you... Do you ever go outside?"

"What if Newton came up with a different idea from a fallen apple."

"Quantum Physics"? How am I going to learn all of this stuff? A bit at a time?

"Could you tilt the Earth just a bit more away from the light?"

"And on the twelfth day the Lord just puttered around... Did I put that cloud there? Looks out of place. Did I do that? Oh, well..."

"Today we'll examine that age old question of robot accomplishment: programming or processor?"

NASA, 'I thought I smelled oxygen!'

"Of course you can't put your finger on it. It's a hypothetical particle."

"Ever wondered about the development of mankind if, just before the big bang, a voice said 'Oops!'"

"If the universe is expanding, that's all the more reason to get back to the city."

'There must be some way we can capitalize on that damn boson.'

"OK, now what's the meaning of the other eight?"

"The central digital platform is temporarily renamed Project Schrödinger’s Cat. Until it is accessed on the 24th February it both is and is not a working system."

Time, Temp, Today's Neutrino Mass

"Anyway, it turned out that god was a ruddy algorithm after all!"

'Harnessing the Black Hole.'

'Turn your thinking cap around, Robert.'

Of course I believe your 'Alien Abduction' story...

Are you aware? The Higgs Boson was thought to exist even through no one had seen it!

"Apparently, over two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water!"

Planetary Science. What do we call the study of gas giants in space? Gastronomy.

"If the universe is expanding by 3 trillion cubic light years per second, why can't I find an apartment?"

'I think that's always how it's been!'

'It's not worth worrying about. There's nothing you can do about it. No two quarks in a small region can occupy the same quantum-mechanical state.'

'Do you ever wish the Big Bang would have been just a little bigger?'

'What we must decide is if there is an accidental nuclear explosion which wipes out this entire part of the country, do we pass the cost on to the consumer?'

'If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?'

The mysterious world of ligand substitution

Bug to bug: 'Do you think there is life on other plants?'

'Your North Pole is wobbling - you should see a spin doctor.'

Dr. McPhee discovers the Embarrassment Particle.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars … Mercury … Um, Pluto? Charon? No, Pluto … or Eris? Ugh …