For many human beings, an interest in the past starts with themselves. That is, in part, a result of biology. Like other… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
While Occam's razor is a useful tool in the physical sciences, it can be a very dangerous implement in biology. It is… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
I am a creationist and an evolutionist. Evolution is God's, or Nature's method of creation. Creation is not an event that happened… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
evolution is a tinkerer, an ad-hocker, and a jury-rigger. It works with what it has on hand, not with what it has… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
A woman has many faces as she goes through her life. It's like we need more than one hair-do. We have many,… — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
I went into science, ending up with a Ph.D. in cell biology, but along the way I found out that experimental science… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“The secret of DNA's success is that it carries information like that of a computer program, but far more advanced. Since experience… — Jonathan Wells Copy Share Image
“Biochemists assume that the three cellular kingdoms evolved from a single common ancestor, because the alternative of supposing an independent origin of… — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
There are millions and millions of species, including organisms most people have never heard of. There is so much that waits to… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“We are in a comfortable Dark Ages of the inventive mind; institutions change but little, and that by gradual evolution rather than… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
In 1973, I left the Rockefeller University to join the Yale University Medical School. The main reason for the move was my… — George Emil Palade Copy Share Image
Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
“Our self-awareness impresses itself on us so cogently, as individuals and as a species, that we cannot imagine ourselves out of existence,… — Richard E. Leakey Copy Share Image
Science is the key to our future, and if you dont believe in science, then youre holding everybody back. And its fine… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
The term "informatics" was first defined by Saul Gorn of University of Pennsylvania in 1983 (Gorn, 1983) as computer science plus information… — Saul Gorn Copy Share Image
Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to.… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
“Every new discovery about the genome is consistent with evolution having happened. Whether we find it appealing or not is another question,… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
Evolution has long been badly taught. In particular, students - and even professional biologists - acquire theories of evolution without any deep… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
“Teaching students the evidence for and against Darwinism is not the same as teaching intelligent design. The U.S. Congress has officially endorsed… — Jonathan Wells Copy Share Image
At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
It is through science that we understand the world around us, and by understanding the world around us, we not only contribute… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The more in tune we are with nature and the more we actually observe our surroundings, the easier it is for us… — Warren Cassell Jr Copy Share Image
“From an evolutionary perspective, the closest thing we have to a human essence is our DNA, and the DNA molecule is the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“The pale organisms of literary heroes feeding under the author's supervision swell gradually with the reader's lifeblood; so that the genius of… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I'd always enjoyed acting at high school, and I was all lined up to do an honours degree course in biology at… — Matt Frewer Copy Share Image
This physical world, though necessary to our evolution, is the embodiment of impermanence, of constant change. Thus, we take care not to… — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Copy Share Image
My work more than didn't fit in. It crossed willy-nilly the boundaries that people had spent their lives building up. It hits… — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
The biggest development in reproductive biology is the birth-control pill. Nobody ever talks about it, but look at the consequences: demographics; aging… — Gregory Stock Copy Share Image
“recent discoveries that human evolution has been recent, copious and regional severely undercut the social scientists’ official view of the world because… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
“1. Are organisms really just algorithms, and is life really just data processing? 2. What’s more valuable – intelligence or consciousness? 3.… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“I simply would not accede to being forced into this, and would frequently be kept out of classes because of irreverent comments… — Richard E. Leakey Copy Share Image
In the end, a lifeform is always a hybrid, a being endowed with some X-power such as being able to breathe for… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
... many folks take them seriously because they just 'know' that evolution can never be seen in the immediate here and now.… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Maybe the best we can hope for is that those we leave behind find comfort in knowing, that we’re born out of… — Shane Koyczan Copy Share Image
Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“When the baby emerged and I saw her, black-haired, a violet organism that, full of energy, writhed and wailed, I felt a… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
I realized that nature had invented reproduction as a mechanism for life to move forward, as a life force that passes right… — Louie Schwartzberg Copy Share Image
We are in grave danger of losing forever not just millions of years of evolution on earth, but the eons of change… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
