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Cara Santa Maria: I’m here today at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and I’m about to go speak with astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. I’m really interested to see what kinds of special treasures he has hiding in his office.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: I’ve known from long ago that the universe was calling me. If you were one of those annoying adults that said, “Oh, what are you gonna be when you grow up?” I would say “astrophysicist.” And then they’d walk away real quickly. [laughter]

CSM: [laughter] I heard that you have this amazing lamp in your office that was built by a brilliant artist. [laughter]

NdGT: [laughter] I have a lamp that I made when I was in seventh grade. When everyone’s making, in woodshop, they’re making–

CSM: A boat?

NdGT: –birdhouses and boats and things, and there was a lamp project, and I wanted to design my own lamp. And I designed it after the planet Saturn. So I made the ring so you can just press down and it turns the light on.

CSM: So it’s functional art!

NdGT: Functional art. [laughs]

CSM: It’s beautiful!

NdGT: And so it’s still my desk lamp and it’s been that since middle school.

CSM: I love that! What else’ve you got? Show me something else!

NdGT: So one of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output. And when I was visiting Moscow–in Star City–and looking at their space program, I found in their gift shop these dolls, the patrushka dolls. Normally they have heads of state on them and other people, it’s like– These had spaceships on them. So the littlest one, guess what that would be. Remember, I got it in Russia.

CSM: Sputnik? [laughs]

NdGT: Sputnik! [laughs] Of course! So there’s Sputnik, there’s Soyuz, and there’s the space station Mir, and right on up to the International Space Station today.

CSM: I’ve read a few of your books. How many have you written so far?

NdGT: Actually, my latest book is the tenth.

CSM: So, tell me, what’s the take away from this book?

NdGT: Well, the original title that I submitted the manuscript with was Failure To Launch: The Dreams And Delusions Of Space Enthusiasts.

CSM: Okay.

NdGT: But the publisher said, “well, that’s too depressing. You can’t have failure in the title.”

CSM: Sure.

NdGT: So it got renamed Space Chronicles: Facing The Ultimate Frontier. And what it is–it’s every thought I’ve ever had about our past, present, and future in space, and the relationship of space exploration to culture. Space exploration is hard. It takes great investments, and my goal here is to get people to recognize that when a nation dreams big, its citizenry dreams big. And the dreaming big part is what makes tomorrow come. And in fact, my real target are adults, because first, they outnumber kids. And, kids are all scientists anyway.

CSM: They are.

NdGT: What does a kid do, except they want to take stuff apart and put it together and break it? I mean, they’re sci– I’m not even worried about the kids.

CSM: There’s a point in time where there’s a flip–

NdGT: There’s a flip.

CSM: There really is–right around puberty–where there’s a switchover.

NdGT: I’m worried about the adults. They’re the ones where the science literacy needs to be infused.

CSM: Yes. And I want to thank you so much for improving that literacy–

NdGT: Well, thank you!

CSM: And for having me here with you today.

NdGT: Thank you. All labors of love.

CSM: [laughs] Thanks so much Dr. Tyson.

NdGT: Mhmm. Thank you.

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s tenth book, Space Chronicles: Facing The Ultimate Frontier is available as of February 27, 2012.

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Cara Santa Maria: I’m here today at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and I’m about to go speak with astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. I’m really interested to see what kinds of special treasures he has hiding in his office.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: I’ve known from long ago that the universe was calling me. If you were one of those annoying adults that said, “Oh, what are you gonna be when you grow up?” I would say “astrophysicist.” And then they’d walk away real quickly. [laughter]

CSM: [laughter] I heard that you have this amazing lamp in your office that was built by a brilliant artist. [laughter]

NdGT: [laughter] I have a lamp that I made when I was in seventh grade. When everyone’s making, in woodshop, they’re making–

CSM: A boat?

NdGT: –birdhouses and boats and things, and there was a lamp project, and I wanted to design my own lamp. And I designed it after the planet Saturn. So I made the ring so you can just press down and it turns the light on.

CSM: So it’s functional art!

NdGT: Functional art. [laughs]

CSM: It’s beautiful!

NdGT: And so it’s still my desk lamp and it’s been that since middle school.

CSM: I love that! What else’ve you got? Show me something else!

NdGT: So one of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output. And when I was visiting Moscow–in Star City–and looking at their space program, I found in their gift shop these dolls, the patrushka dolls. Normally they have heads of state on them and other people, it’s like– These had spaceships on them. So the littlest one, guess what that would be. Remember, I got it in Russia.

CSM: Sputnik? [laughs]

NdGT: Sputnik! [laughs] Of course! So there’s Sputnik, there’s Soyuz, and there’s the space station Mir, and right on up to the International Space Station today.

CSM: I’ve read a few of your books. How many have you written so far?

NdGT: Actually, my latest book is the tenth.

CSM: So, tell me, what’s the take away from this book?

NdGT: Well, the original title that I submitted the manuscript with was Failure To Launch: The Dreams And Delusions Of Space Enthusiasts.

CSM: Okay.

NdGT: But the publisher said, “well, that’s too depressing. You can’t have failure in the title.”

CSM: Sure.

NdGT: So it got renamed Space Chronicles: Facing The Ultimate Frontier. And what it is–it’s every thought I’ve ever had about our past, present, and future in space, and the relationship of space exploration to culture. Space exploration is hard. It takes great investments, and my goal here is to get people to recognize that when a nation dreams big, its citizenry dreams big. And the dreaming big part is what makes tomorrow come. And in fact, my real target are adults, because first, they outnumber kids. And, kids are all scientists anyway.

CSM: They are.

NdGT: What does a kid do, except they want to take stuff apart and put it together and break it? I mean, they’re sci– I’m not even worried about the kids.

CSM: There’s a point in time where there’s a flip–

NdGT: There’s a flip.

CSM: There really is–right around puberty–where there’s a switchover.

NdGT: I’m worried about the adults. They’re the ones where the science literacy needs to be infused.

CSM: Yes. And I want to thank you so much for improving that literacy–

NdGT: Well, thank you!

CSM: And for having me here with you today.

NdGT: Thank you. All labors of love.

CSM: [laughs] Thanks so much Dr. Tyson.

NdGT: Mhmm. Thank you.

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s tenth book, Space Chronicles: Facing The Ultimate Frontier is available as of February 27, 2012.

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Chad Ochocinco is soon to be married to his fiancee Evelyn. And yet, they’re both apparently worried about his ability to remain committed to her and only her once they’re married. On “Basketball Wives” (Mon., 8 p.m. EST on VH1), Evelyn tried to explain to Chad that she’d rather he be honest with her if he’s not able to control himself with other women.

She made it pretty clear that she’d rather he didn’t sleep around on her, but seemed resigned to the fact that he can’t simply make this guarantee to her. “Being able to commit to one individual over a long period of time is going to be new to me; is new to me,” Chad said. He went on to say that he’s trying to while on the road, but apparently the temptation is just too strong sometimes.

When he realized that Evelyn was essentially giving him permission to cheat on her, so long as he wears a condom and comes clean to her, there was a mixture of shock and confusion evident in his eyes. After she finished, he waited a respectful few beats before agreeing to her terms.

She won’t be happy about it. But, “What can I do but respect you and know that you’re telling me the truth, rather than hide it,” she said. “‘Cause at the end of the day, you don’t have to tell me nothing.” So Chad has the option of staying faithful and making his wife happy, or cheating on her and her begrudgingly accepting it. Of course, she says she’ll be okay with it now, but her feelings could change when the wedding day gets closer, or even beyond it.

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A quick call from his ex-wife Bridget rekindles some old bitterness in Walden on “Two and a Half Men” (Mon., 9 p.m. EST on CBS). Most of Walden’s time on the series has been about his love life, but it was his professional life that made him a billionaire in the first place. And he did so side-by-side with his partner Billy Stanhope, played by Patton Oswalt.

When Billy showed up at his front door, Walden wanted nothing to do with him. Bill hadn’t wanted to sell their initial technological development, and had gone online to tear down Walden in a series of increasingly disgusting and disturbing videos. But in the meantime, he’d managed to crack something they’d been working on before their falling out. Only he needed his old partner to help him do it. And both men were convinced it was another billion dollar idea.

So of course, Alan invited Billy in. Dollar figures like that are simply too irresistible for the perpetually poor “leech.” But it was the excitement of creating again that got Walden back on board, and immediately competing again with Billy. Their competitive nature was exemplified by a pee stand-off. While working in tandem on the program, they took turns trying to convince one another to urinate, until finally they both cracked at the same time and peed off the back deck. There, Billy revealed that he was not only back to work with Walden on this project, he was also now sleeping with Bridget.

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