Prestigious academic journal

"___ is nothing but perception": Plato

Down to a ___ (exact)

Biology or chemistry

N*F

Kind of fair

"The great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition," per Adam Smith

Something that's "true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson

"The poetry of reality," per Richard Dawkins

It "never solves a problem without raising 10 more," per George Bernard Shaw