neil degrasse tyson of the hayden planetarium and host of the science series cosmos, i'll remind him that in this studio the universe revolves around me. daylight savings time started this weekend and i finally won the fourth month battle with our oven clock. "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the report, good to have you. >> stephen, stephen, stephen!, stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephening stephen! >> stephen: welcome to the report, ladies and gentlemen, good to have you with us on

neil degrasse tyson of the hayden planetarium and host of the science series cosmos, i'll remind him that in this studio the universe revolves around me. daylight savings time started this weekend and i finally won the fourth month battle with our oven clock. "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the report, good to have you. >> stephen, stephen, stephen!, stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephening stephen! >> stephen: welcome to the report, ladies and gentlemen, good to have you with us on this lovely monday night, in early march. folks, some of you out there may not know t you may not know this, folks. i know some you know this but as a proud catholic, i have never really cared much for atheists. (laughter) if you are turning your back on god's christian teachings, then at least have the courage to call yourself a lutheran. but folks, the latest stunt by these nonbelievers is truly nonbelievable. >> a group called american atheists is fighting to remove a cross on displace-- display a

there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, ande bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are s

fall en, i say wait three days t will rise again, and my guest neil degrasse tyson of the hayden planetarium

fall en, i say wait three days t will rise again, and my guest neil degrasse tyson of the hayden planetariumind him that in this studio the universe revolves around me. daylight savings time started this

fall en, i say wait three days t will rise again, and my guest neil degrasse tyson of the hayden planetarium the science series cosmos, i'll remind him that in this studio the universe revolves around me. daylight savings time started this weekend and i finally won the fourth month battle with our oven clock. "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central

now for the few people don't know around the globe watching right now, director of the hayden planetarium, museum of natural history in new york. wrote ten book, received the nasa distinguished public service medal and host of cosmos, space time odyssey which premiered last night on fox. >> i like that. >> stephen: this is space time, space time right here. (applause) now we all watched show when we were kids with carl sagan, what is it like to step into his turtleneck? (laughter) you knew sagan. >> i have a little one here, a little homage. >> stephen: americans never got to see sagan's neck. we never knew what it looked like. what is it like stepping into his shoe, did you know him? >> we met when i was in high school. i was a 17-year-old kid, born ined brntion where i'm from. and i-- bronx in the house. so i, my application to colleges were dripping with the universe because i had no one known i had wanted to do this since i was nine, hi an answer for all those results that ask the annoying question, what do you want to be when you grow up. by the time i was 11 i said astrophysicist an

[applause] tyson from these hayden planetarium. [applause] you a sneakn give peak of his new show, "cosmos." [applause] i saw the original version. it was spectacular and wonderful and i know this is going to be not just as good but even better . we are thrilled with that. we are opening on a big show here because we are honoring some remarkable filmmakers. i have said before, i believe and i hope all of us believe that every child in america deserves a world-class education. especially in science, technology, engineering and math. it is skills like these that make us an economic superpower and build our middle class. we also need folks who are studying the arts. our film industry is a huge generator of jobs and economic power here in the united states. it tells us our story and helps us to find what is our common humanity. allow nasa toese announce the other day that we have discovered more than 700 new planets. [applause] that is cool. we didn't make the planets but we found out that they were there. [laughter] we deliverways tha

my next guest is an astrophysicist, author and director of the hayden planetarium here in new york.airing sunday nights at 9:00 on fox and mondays at 10:00 on the national geographic channel. let's take a look. >> titan's air has no oxygen at all. it's far colder than anywhere on earth. but still, i want to go there. we have to descend through a couple hundred kilometers of smog before we can even see the surface. but hidden beneath lies a weirdly familiar landscape. >> seth: please welcome neil degrasse tyson! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: it's so great to have you here. >> thank you. thanks you. >> seth: thank you. you're wearing a very space-friendly tie. that's great. >> yeah, it's also very food friendly, actually. it's just another nebula if it drops. >> seth: right, right, right. i think you have some -- >> spaghetti sauce. >> seth: spaghetti? no, no, no, that's a nebula. i should know. i'm neil degrasse tyson. >> i love your floor, by the way. stars and constellations. >> seth: yeah, i know. we did this just for you. >> liar, but that's fine. >> seth: i've seen -- we've

he's neil degrasse tyson, director of the hayden planetarium in new york and tonight fox will be premieringies "cosmos." a prime time network television show about science. pretty amazing. neil, welcome to the program. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to talk all about "cos mos" in a moment but do you think there is a war on science and how do you think we can broker a peace? >> our civilization, our civilization is built on the innovations of scientists and technologists and engineers who have shaped everything that we so take for granted today. so some of the science deniers or haters, these are people telling you, while they're on their mobile phone, they're saying, i don't like science. science is -- oh, gps just told us to go left. yeah. okay. so i don't -- so it's time for people to sort of sit back and reassess what role science has actually played in our lives and note and learn how to embrace that going forward without it we will just regress back into the cave. >> "cosmos" seems like an example of using the media for good when it comes to science. i talked about climate change a

you can't get out of the canyons that manhattan gives you until you go to a planetarium., i didn't choose it. >> i can't wait to sit down with my kids. >> adults need to watch it, too. adults are in charge and they control resources and the future of our civilization. >> always good to see you sir. you can catch the premiere of " "cosmos" on the national geographic >>> we are back at 8:40. a new generation of kids will be introduced to a classic cartoon this weekend. >> the new animated movie "mr. peabody and sherman" hits theaters. >> you can trust me, paul. i'm a licensed chiropractor. >> the main character in "mr. peabody & sherman" is a nobel laureate, inventor, musician. for the voice behind mr. peabody, life does not always imitate art. >> everyone who knows me know what is a herculean feat it is for me to play a genius. >> it's a modern take on peabody's improbable history, a cartoon that aired during the "rocky and bullwinkle" show years ago. max lends his 10-year-old chops to sherman. >> sherman is a character that everything he touches, he breaks. >> the father-

when i was ten, when i was ten it was a telescope, a visit to a planetarium, because before everything was mommy and daddy and mommy and daddy and mommy and daddy and began to ask what is beyond mommy and daddy. and indeed it is essential shocked, this epiphany realizing health huge and glorious and splendors the heiress'. and then kids then they hit 15 and silver were born wondering where did i come from the wind as the second chunk of the stars to cool to be airborne and way into we hit jr. eyes will. then it is crushed out of this. all of the subway after room rises as facts, figures that don't amount to anything. on the sun recalled miller's buyer from. the hormuz again. it's difficult. and then in high school you have this pyramid where you have the beautiful people on top, the talks and the cheerleaders nothing against them. as a pyramid and ask will immortalize pile of movies. hollywood never tells you edison is the grandeur of my school that paramount turns upside down the never say that. wiccan mr. zucker byrd. these are billionaires, leers and innovation, technology. there we

when i was 10 it was a telescope, a microscope, a chemistry kit, a visit to the planetarium, an astronomy book, something set them off. because before then everything is mommy and daddy, mommy and daddy. after 10, kids begin to ask what is beyond mommy and daddy. then they get this existential shock, this epiphany, realizing how huge and glorious and splinters the universe is. and then kids just eat it up. they want to know everything about physics and chemistry but they want to know why the sun shines, everything. and then they get 15 and it's all over. [laughter] what is the greatest destroyer of scientists? the greatest destroyer of scientists is junior high school. you see, we're all born scientist. we are born wondering where do they come from, why does the sunshine? why did the stars twinkle? we are born that way. until we get junior high school. and then it is crushed out of us. all of a sudden we have to memorize useless facts and figures that don't amount to anything. all of the sudden we are called nerds by our front. all of a sudden it's hard to get a day. all a day. all of a s