Sagan knew how to present science in a non-threatening way

I’ve been enjoying the new version of the popular 1980s series “Cosmos.” It’s wonderful to watch a science show that presents discovery and provides historical context at the same time, keeping things in perspective.

Science’s advances and discoveries impact us each day, each hour and each second of our lives. They cannot be ignored.

It’s also nice to watch a science show that actually attempts to explain science. Not what science has revealed, but the process it went through to reveal it.

That was one of the things I appreciated about astronomer Carl Sagan’s original 13-episode series back in...