It's a fallacy, long rebuffed by science, that humans use only about 10% of their brainpower. But it is true about most… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
“The first scientist to contemplate the significance of places where things apparently cease to exist or become infinite ('singularities' that we would… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
In preparing the present volume, it has been the aim of the author to do full justice to the ample material at… — Othniel Charles Marsh Copy Share Image
The oil industry is a stunning example of how science, technology, and mass production can divert an entire group of companies from… — Theodore Levitt Copy Share Image
“When I was in school I studied biology. I learned that in making their experiments scientists will take some group--bacteria, mice, people--and… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
The fact is that all the recording science and technology in the world is no substitute for a good song or for… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
Studying the universe engages us in something bigger than ourselves. Science tries to describe, in terms we can only grasp intuitively, things… — Guy Consolmagno Copy Share Image
I was brought up on rock-'n'-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn't get interested in anything else - I tried… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
[On Richard P. Feynman's live demonstration of the rigidity of the O-rings when cold that doomed the space shuttle Challenger, killing seven… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The universe seems to me infinitely strange and foreign. At such a moment I gaze upon it with a mixture of anguish… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“How did his window crack the steering wheel?” Aiden asked at the same time. I sank down into the mattress, choosing to… — Carrie Butler Copy Share Image
“We know today the calcium from plants can provide protection from fractures, while calcium derived from dairy products increases fracture risk. This… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Agnosticism is of the essence of science, whether ancient or modern. It simply means that a man shall not say he knows… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the most exact science, and its conclusions are capable of absolute proof. But this is so only because mathematics does… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
“Monotony collapses time; novelty unfolds it. You can exercise daily and eat healthily and live a long life, while experiencing a short… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
I, as a storyteller, was asking questions no one in science had apparently asked. What happens in a nest of tyrannosaurs? They're… — Stephen R. Bissette Copy Share Image
“Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
“Researchers are learning that a change in mind-set has the power to alter neurochemistry. Belief and expectation—the key elements of hope—can block… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share Image
The disturbing truth about science communication is that we have theories and ways of delivering messages that really are like putting a… — Kyle Hill Copy Share Image
I doubt that Fleming could have obtained a grant for the discovery of penicillin on that basis [a requirement for highly detailed… — Hans Selye Copy Share Image
From Man or Angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge, His secrets, to be scanned by them who… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“A simple intuition, a single observation, can open vistas of unimagined potential. Once caught in the web of an idea, the researcher… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
Our relationship with sleep is currently in crisis, but we're also living in a golden age of sleep science - revealing all… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
“With the growth of civilisation in Europe, and with the revival of letters and of science in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
Science, history and politics are not suited for discussion except by experts. Others are simply in the position of requiring more information;… — Frank P. Ramsey Copy Share Image
About two million years ago, man appeared. He has become the dominant species on the earth. All other living things, animal and… — George Wald Copy Share Image
The specific goals we set for ourselves are almost always subsidiary to our long range intentions. A good parent, a good neighbour,… — Gordon Allport Copy Share Image
Discovering traces of life on Mars would be of tremendous scientific significance: The first time that any signs of extraterrestrial life had… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The scientific world view works so well, explains so much and resonates so harmoniously with the most advanced parts of our brains… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I really like the last three Luna records a whole lot, especially 'Penthouse.' I think of all the records I've done, that's… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
My origami creations, in accordance with the laws of nature, require the use of geometry, science, and physics. They also encompass religion,… — Akira Yoshizawa Copy Share Image
“I approach the creation-evolution dispute not as a scientist but as a problem of law, which means among other things that I… — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
“Leeuwenhoek, Erwin, Woese, and others were at the fringes of their respective fields, the frontiers, to be generous. The same might be… — Rob Dunn Copy Share Image
“So, look at the world around you, and if you notice things that don't seem right - injustices, inefficiencies, or just oddities… — Chad Orzel Copy Share Image
Neutrinos alone, among all the known particles, have ethereal properties that are striking and romantic enough both to have inspired a poem… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
Textbook science is beautiful! Textbook science is comprehensible, unlike mere fascinating words that can never be truly beautiful. Elementary science textbooks describe… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting,… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
What is the shape of space? Is it flat, or is it bent? Is it nicely laid out, or is it warped… — Rudy Rucker Copy Share Image
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