Neil deGrasse Tyson Archives

5 12, 2014

D&I in Action at the 2014 PLUS Conference

By PLUS|2014-12-03T10:12:47-06:00December 5, 2014|Industry Diversity, International Conference|1 Comment

As we all regroup from yet another successful PLUS Conference, I wanted to reflect on one of my favorite moments from this year’s event. As you all know, we were fortunate enough to have Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson – the renowned astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator – address our group at our Thursday luncheon. I hope you got to see it. I have been coming to the PLUS Conference for 17 years now, and I thought it was one of the best presentations we’ve ever had – entertaining, engaging, relevant and extremely thought-provoking. Even better, at the [...]

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on the “Pale Blue Dot”

By PLUS|2014-11-20T08:36:37-06:00November 20, 2014|@PLUS, International Conference|0 Comments

From his luncheon keynote at the 2014 PLUS Conference in Las Vegas... Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on our place in the universe. For more from Dr. Tyson be sure to check out our interview series with him from earlier this year. On Disrupting Personal Philosophies On Scientific Breakthroughs On What Everyone Should Know On His Hopes for First Contact On Who Contributed the Most to Human Understanding On What Surprises Him About the Universe

Neil deGrasse Tyson on What Surprises Him about the Universe

By PLUS|2014-10-01T15:53:34-05:00October 2, 2014|International Conference|1 Comment

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, TV host and probably the world’s best-known astrophysicist, is scheduled as a keynote speaker at the 2014 PLUS Conference, November 5-7 in Las Vegas. (FYI – rates to attend the Conference increase after tomorrow, so register now and save!) Recently we at PLUS Blog had the chance to chat with Dr. Tyson about the universe, his personal philosophies and other topics that we found interesting. In case you missed it, you can check out the previous interview clips here. In our final clip from the interview we ask Dr. Tyson: What is one thing you've learned recently about the universe [...]