It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Ethics is not routinely taught to science students except in medicine, and I think it should be. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I don't know whether it is important to study science at a young age, though current thinking emphasises the need. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Some people, both scientists and religious people, deal with uncertainty by being certain. That is dangerous in the fundamentalists and it is… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Scientists tend to build a reputation on refuting the theories of those who have gone before. Yet, whatever we hypothesize, observe, measure… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
We are more dependent on science and engineering than at any other time in history. However, there is plenty of evidence that… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Scientists need to be prepared to engage, and the best people to engage with are students, ideally from primary school because there's… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
In reality, both religion and science are expressions of man's uncertainty. Perhaps the paradox is that certainty, whether it be in science… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Over the past 20 years, I have presented many science programmes on BBC1. But none is, I think, more socially important, or… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Far too many scientists, including my good friend Richard Dawkins, present science as the truth and present it as factually correct. And… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
No matter what I've published - and you can look it up, I've published quite a lot in science, quite a few… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I've been all over the world on my own because, as a scientist, you travel a great deal if your work is… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Nearly all inventions are not recognised for their positive side either when they're made. So, for example, scientists didn't go out to… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
We must not confuse religion with God, or technology with science. Religion stands in relationship to God as technology does in relation… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I don't think you can impose limits on science because the very nature of homo sapiens is that he - she -… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved cancer… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I think it's important for scientists to be a bit less arrogant, a bit more humble, recognising we are capable of making… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I think scientific arrogance really does give a great degree of distrust. I think people begin to think that scientists like to… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I don't much like being a public figure, because so often how people appear is not how they really are, and I think one… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Women of child-bearing age steadily run out of eggs by the continuous process of cell death. While reading a copy of the 'Guardian' carefully… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Of course it is a very simple matter to identify genes which might modify intelligence or memory and start thinking about whether you want… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium.… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in love with… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I don't think you can impose limits on science because the very nature of homo sapiens is that he - she - is an… — Robert Winston Copy Share
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people. — Robert Winston Copy Share
Carbon dioxide is unusual because it doesn't go through the usual three phases of matter, from solid to liquid to gas, but it goes… — Robert Winston Copy Share
However you define God, and whether you believe in God or not, the world we live in has been shaped by the universal human… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an… — Robert Winston Copy Share
As parents, can we counter the effect of television violence? One worrying feature in Britain is that so many TV sets are in a… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's very important… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine? — Robert Winston Copy Share
