Sometime in the first billion years, life appeared on the earth's surface. Slowly, the fossil record indicates, living organisms climbed the ladder… — Robert Jastrow Copy Share Image
“improving on the natural course if evolution—which, attendees argued, could be so cruel as to justify some sort of intervention.” — Jennifer A. Doudna Copy Share Image
“Wherever sufficiently numerous series of the remains of any given group, which has endured for a long space of time, are carefully… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“nine of every ten cells in our bodies belong not to us, but to these microbial species (most of them residents of… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Evolution is ultimately why cancer is so deadly. Take two biopsies from different sides of a tumor, and they can be genetically… — Kyle Hill Copy Share Image
Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. Evolution has produced chemical compounds… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Genetic modification is a very powerful tool. But like any powerful tool, when using it, you have to take into account the… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years.… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the average guy on the street believes that studying evolution leads to atheism. — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
“The Hedonistic Imperative outlines how genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life. This project is ambitious but technically… — David Pearce Copy Share Image
The disastrous history of our species indicates the futility of all attempts at a diagnosis which do not take into account the… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Much of modern molecular biology and microbiology has been based on the effort to decipher the basic code of life, which is… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
The nucleic acids, as constituents of living organisms, are comparable In importance to proteins. There is evidence that they are Involved In… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe. — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
Biology has progressed tremendously due to the model that Darwin put forth. But the black boxes Darwin accepted are now being opened,… — Michael Behe Copy Share Image
The evolution of the universe depends on the participation of each and every person. . . From your soul's perspective, you are… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Diamond writes, can be summarized in a single sentence: “History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples’ environments,… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
“Biological determinism is a blight on science. It implies that the way things are is the way they must be. [...] This… — John Horgan Copy Share Image
Once we understand that what happens beyond our control may be just what we need, we see that acceptance of reality can… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“One way of emphasizing the singularity of the recent past is [..] to observe that the total number of humans ever to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels. — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
“In the external world, she is the force of evolution, the erotic thrust at the heart of life. She is the intrinsic… — Sally Kempton Copy Share Image
