We torture and kill two billion sentient living beings every week. 10,000 entire species are wiped out every year because of the… — Philip Wollen Copy Share Image
Evolutionary biologists often avoid using the term "race" because there is so much racist baggage that comes with the term. However, they… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
You need some reason why Beethoven, Mozart and Haydn in the 18th century all flocked to Vienna. What was it about Vienna?… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
A high place of honor, although doubtless one to be obtained only after enduring the pangs of a prolonged crucifixion, awaits that… — George Trumbull Ladd Copy Share Image
To be with another scientist and make a discovery and share that with a global audience, or working with bear biologists in… — Jeff Corwin Copy Share Image
As for memes, the word 'meme' is a cliche, which is to say it's already a meme. We all hear it all… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
The relevant features of scientific practice often have mundane explanations which don't point to any deep metaphysical moral. (Thus it would simply… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
I became an actor at a very young age, but I also had a deep respect for nature and I think I… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Biologists have long attempted by chemical means to induce in higher organisms predictable and specific changes which thereafter could be transmitted in… — Oswald Avery Copy Share Image
Evolutionary biologists often appeal to parsimony when they seek to explain why organisms "match" with respect to a given trait. For example,… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
I don't think I would ever be a doctor, but the reason I majored in science was because you could become a… — Bill Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Addressing the conclusions of The God Delusion point by point with the devastating insight of a molecular biologist turned theologian, Alister McGrath… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
I would love to be a field biologist. I would love to do what Jane Goodall did, just totally immerse myself in… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Throughout the past century there has always existed a significant minority of first-rate biologists who have never been able to bring themselves… — Michael Denton Copy Share Image
What I mean by it, and roughly what most biologists who talk about culture mean by it, is either behavior itself, or… — Hal Whitehead Copy Share Image
Although a biologist, I must confess I do not understand how life came about... I consider that life only starts at the… — Werner Arber Copy Share Image
I was very much into science when I was young - I wanted to be a marine biologist, then I wanted to… — Freema Agyeman Copy Share Image
With full responsibility for my words as a professional biologist, I do not hesitate to say that all existing and genuine knowledge… — Lancelot Hogben Copy Share Image
As an evolutionary biologist, I have learned over the years that most people do not want to see themselves as lumbering robots… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
As a young boy, I was very interested - as I still am - in all sorts of adventure and exploration. I… — Brian Skerry Copy Share Image
Commerce, trade and exchange make other people more valuable alive than dead, and mean that people try to anticipate what the other… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
There is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death. This suggests to me that it is not at… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Since I was very young I've been fascinated with nature and I actually wanted to be a marine biologist when I was… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image