My interest in biology was pretty much always on the philosophical side. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
As a general rule, biology tends to be conservative. It's rare that evolution 'invents' the same process several times. — Gero Miesenbock Copy Share Image
“I mention all this to make the point that if you were designing an organism to look after life in our lonely… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Wherever the Net arises, there arises also a rebel to resist human control...A network nurtures small failures in order that large failures… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
Many quantum physics are realizing or hypothesizing that consciousness is not a byproduct of evolution as has been suggested. Or for that… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“your biography—that is, the experiences that make up your life—becomes your biology.” — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
“ARE WE REALLY JUST ANIMALS? Of all the questions a skeptical person might ask about Darwin, I’ve come to believe that this… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
A sci-fi yarn that ponders the meaning of time and the importance of evolution while occasionally throwing in some shootouts. — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Law of the Minimum: "The worst potential competition for any organism can come from its own kind. The species consumes necessities. Growth… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one has ever found an organism that is known not to have parents, or a parent. This is the strongest evidence… — Tom Bethell Copy Share Image
The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent. — Iain McGilchrist Copy Share Image
“The secret to genius is not genetics but daily ritual married with perseverance.” — Sravani Saha Nakhro Copy Share Image
“Ants have a powerful caste system. A colony typically contains ants that carry out radically different roles and have markedly different body… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“...But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“none of the ways in which we talk about race today stands up to the scrutiny that genetics has enabled. Families are… — Adam Rutherford Copy Share Image
We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious that epigenetics - actually… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
“Two forces pervade human life, the Gita says: the upward thrust of evolution and the downward pull of our evolutionary past.” — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Copy Share Image
As a bio-philosopher - as someone who draws upon the scriptures of nature, recognizing that we are the product of the process… — Jonas Salk Copy Share Image
Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival. — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“Freaks become norms, and norms become extinct. Monster by monster, evolution advanced” — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Studying organisms at a molecular level was totally compelling because it was moving from being a naturalist, which was the 19th-century kind… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share Image