Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Perfect Response to a First Grader Who Wants to Know How She Can Help the Earth

And the award for Most Adorable Interaction Between an Astrophysicist and a First Grader goes to these two:

It’s great advice: Play around, experiment, learn more about the world around you. As Neil deGrasse Tyson has said before, kids are born scientists. They’re naturally curious.

And they might remain that way, too, if it weren’t for those meddling adults!