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Publicly and among themselves biologists rightly celebrate the diversity of life on Earth... At the end of the day, however, their confession is heard by no one: they work with a single scientific sample-life on Earth.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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