March 10th, 2011 by Dorion Sagan
"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too." - Somerset Maugham
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the [...]
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November 11th, 2010 by Dorion Sagan
My father's work made science cool. He showed that it was good to be smart, to be open to wonder but also critical, both of superstition and political authority. The universe was our home. Space exploration and evolution were part of a story based on evidence that belonged to all humanity, [...]
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January 27th, 2009 by Dorion Sagan
A fantastic breakthrough with important ecological implications is hereby announced: the scientific revelation of life's purpose. From the Big Bang on, the cosmos has been heading in a direction defined by the spreading of energy, or the reducing of gradients, which are measurable temperature, pressure, and chemical differences. The differences tend to be broken down [...]
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