We still think of human disease as the work of an organized, modernized kind of demonology, in which the bacteria are the… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
In the beginning, there were bacteria.... [A] nearly universal assumption is that all subsequent life descended from the original life form through… — David M. Raup Copy Share Image
We travel because, no matter how comfortable we are at home, there's a part of us that wants - that needs -… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“We inherit every one of our genes, but we leave the womb without a single microbe. As we pass through our mother's… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
We inherit every one of our genes, but we leave the womb without a single microbe. As we pass through our mother's… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
... [I]nfectious disease is merely a disagreeable instance of a widely prevalent tendency of all living creatures to save themselves the bother… — Hans Zinsser Copy Share Image
The oil acts like a cleanser. When you put it in your mouth and work it around your teeth and gums it… — Bruce Fife Copy Share Image
We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Take the entire 4.5-billion-year history of the earth and scale it down to a single year, with January 1 being the origin… — Neil Shubin Copy Share Image
If we recognise that every ecosystem can also be viewed as a food web, we can think of it as a circular,… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Proper turkey preparation is critical. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more Americans die every year from eating improperly cooked turkey… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
What we want is another sample of life, which is not on our tree of life at all. All life that we've… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you how lucky you are to be alive? More than 99 percent of all the creatures that… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in the environment, leaving you with much cleaner… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Your skin is a barrier that protects you from environmental aggressors like pollution, bacteria and moisture loss. — Paul Nassif Copy Share Image
It's incorrect to think of bacteria as these asocial, single cells. They are individual cells, but they act in communities, exactly the… — Bonnie Bassler Copy Share Image
My mitochondria comprise a very large proportion of me. I cannot do the calculation, but I suppose there is almost as much… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Around New York City, samples collected at dozens of beaches or piers have detected the types of bacteria and other pollutants tied… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America's water pollution. Two years ago, Pfiesteria outbreaks connected with wastes from industrial chicken… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant bacteria. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
When antibiotics became industrially produced following World War II, our quality of life and our longevity improved enormously. No one thought bacteria… — Bonnie Bassler Copy Share Image
Without birds to feed on them, the insects would multiply catastrophically. ... The insects, not man or other proud species, are really… — H. Bentley Glass Copy Share Image
If you equate the probability of the birth of a bacteria cell to chance assembly of its atoms, eternity will not suffice… — Christian de Duve Copy Share Image
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