Neil deGrasse Tyson takes the cake for sassiest science communicator in the galaxy (also, for best space tie). Neil, host of Cosmos on Fox, had his badass-trophysicist self on full display during his South by Southwest keynote on March 8.
He gave parenting tips ("keep letting your kids break stuff — it is a source of curiosity") and explained there is a "genetically encoded force" that makes us curious about the universe ("we're the only animals that are comfortable sleeping on our backs . . . When we wake up, the first thing we'd see is the sky!"). There's a lot to learn from Neil, and we'll divulge more when our full interview with the astrophysicist himself is up! But before then, let Neil demystify some of the most frustratingly popular science myths.