The Academies welcome kids and people of all ages to come and visit Einstein. Kids in particular enjoy climbing all over him and it's a great opportunity for group photos.

The academy has been dealing with the issue of scientific openness versus national security since 9/11.

The academy [members] are strong advocates of scientific openness while ensuring that nothing is done to aid terrorists.

It threw me about 12 feet into a wall. It was total chaos ... the floor was falling. The ceiling was falling.

We've had some discussions with other potential Western sources of funding, but we have not formally approached other states yet, ... We are making good progress on securing the necessary funding.