There are kind of two kinds of awards you can get as a scientist. One is Nobel-like in character: it's for one big thing, for a big revolutionary discovery. And it's wonderfully well known, and of course every scientist would love to get a Nobel prize. And there's a few other similar awards. They're for individual blockbuster discoveries.

Receiving the National Medal of Science is the thrill of a lifetime, but good science does not happen in isolation.

I take comfort in the fact that it is a beautiful universe, and we belong here and that we fit. This is our home.

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