By death the moon was gathered in Long ago, ah long ago; Yet still the silver corpse must spin And with another's… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
Scientists and supercomputers have amplified our ability to look ahead. For decades, experts have warned us that human numbers, technology, hyper-consumption and… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
I'm always involved with the Aerospace Program and NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center. And if kids feel so inclined, they can… — Peter Cullen Copy Share Image
“Proof then, has retreated in the face of belief. Science, once heralded as the arbiter of truth, has had its facade of… — Phil Hine Copy Share Image
In science men have learned consciously to subordinate themselves to a common purpose without losing the individuality of their achievements. Each one… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
Since science is essentially objective, involving the study of how things actually are, "materialism" would therefore seem to be its antithesis, since… — Melanie Phillips Copy Share Image
“Energetically speaking, antimatter is the mirror image of matter, so the two instantly cancel each other out if they come in contact.… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Thing--they're just not always what they seem. And sometimes answers only come when we change our perspective. Which works in science and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Scientists are coming to recognise the effects of the mind on physical health. The sense of relaxation associated with inner peace involves… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“An evolutionary perspective of our place in the history of the earth reminds us that Homo sapiens sapiens has occupied the planet… — Richard E. Leakey Copy Share Image
The errors of a wise man are literally more instructive than the truths of a fool. The wise man travels in lofty,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Once you acknowledge the scientific fact that humans vibrate on a lower gradient of the whole spectrum of possibilities, it becomes obvious… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“Do the poet and scientist not work analogously? Both are willing to waste effort. To be hard on himself is one ...of… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
“All generous social irradiations spring from science, letters, arts, education. Make men, make men. Give them light that they may warm you.… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“You frequently state, and in your letter you imply, that I have developed a completely one-sided outlook and look at everything in… — Rosalind Franklin Copy Share Image
All known living bodies are sharply divided into two special kingdoms, based upon the essential differences which distinguish animals from plants, and… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Copy Share Image
We must raise the salaries of our operators or they will all be taken from us, that is, all that are good… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
An abundance of peer-reviewed science is showing that a whole foods, plant-based diet prevents most heart attacks, strokes, and even many kinds… — Kathy Freston Copy Share Image
Man, whose organization is regarded as the highest, departs from the vertebrate archetype; and it is because the study of anatomy is… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
“It is always necessary to jump up and down on the scaffold of knowledge to make sure it is solid. If you… — David Sloan Wilson Copy Share Image
Measurement and categorization are, of course, fundamental to any scientific endeavor, but the implications of being able to identify psychopaths are as… — Robert D. Hare Copy Share Image
The impossibility of separating the nomenclature of a science from the science itself, is owing to this, that every branch of physical… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
I wonder how Feynman would feel if he had to be talking to not just a few nuts of this kind but… — Lubos Motl Copy Share Image
“Without the human my friend, truth has no value whatsoever. So, do not be blinded by the false glory of truth, but… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
In my opinion, using creation and evolution as topics for critical-thinking exercises in primary and secondary schools is virtually guaranteed to confuse… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
“The crimson woman has quite a few adversaries, just as she is connected with powerful allies. How can I say exactly who… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
That is the danger we now face. And this is why the intermixing of science and politics is a bad combination, with… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The Arab world is also the world that produced some of the greatest improvements in mathematics and in science. Even today, when… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Science sees the process of evolution from the outside, as one might a train of cars going by, and resolves it into… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
There are many instances in science, where those closest to the intricacies of the subject have a more highly developed sense of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
For the theory-practice iteration to work, the scientist must be, as it were, mentally ambidextrous; fascinated equally on the one hand by… — George E. P. Box Copy Share Image
Science is showing us that there are neurological (brain) factors that contribute to self-control and willpower, along with learning and upbringing. And… — Russell Barkley Copy Share Image
“The population explosion is the primary force behind the remaining six groups of critical global events [diminishing land resources, diminishing water resources,… — Ron Nielsen Copy Share Image
Nature has provided two great gifts: life and then the diversity of living things, jellyfish and humans, worms and crocodiles. I don't… — Theodore Holmes Bullock Copy Share Image
“Natural science in England, as Darwin already knew to his cost, was still the purview of Christian scholars. But here was a… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
Suddenly, there was an enormous flash of light, the brightest light I have ever seen or that I think anyone has ever… — Isidor Isaac Rabi Copy Share Image
The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I see no reason to believe that a creator of protoplasm or primeval matter, if such there be, has any reason to… — Rosalind Franklin Copy Share Image
“We all live our lives blindly believing in the people who make the decisions. Believing in science. Because the world is inscrutable… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“Like most things in the story the natural sciences can tell about the world, it’s all so beautiful, so gracefully simple, yet… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image