Neil deGrasse Tyson: fighting science denial starts with people, not politicians

The astrophysicist talks about alien life, sci-fi and why he doesn’t believe Australians get stuck in traffic

Albert Einstein has been called many things: a genius, a pioneer, a Nobel prize winner. Neil deGrasse Tyson just calls him a badass.

“I think it fits, right? It’s not a stretch,” he tells Guardian Australia before his appearance in Melbourne on Saturday night. “The dude’s a badass.”

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