The natural history of science is the study of the unknown. If you fear it you're not going to study it and… — Michael E. DeBakey Copy Share Image
The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Pain is the basic mechanism built into us by millions of years of evolution which safeguards us by warning when something threatens… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“We are survival machines-robot vehicles blindly programmer to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
When Darwin published his conclusion that man was descended from an apelike ancestor who was again descended from a still lower type,… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee and Tom Tancredo - those were the three guys who said they do not believe in evolution. The… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
It now seems very likely that many of the 64 triplets, possibly most of them, may code one amino acid or another,… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
Now, an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but, in fact, the embryo contains the unique information that defines… — Todd Akin Copy Share Image
Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved.… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“We are at a turning point of revolution species. Evolution has blindly felt its way forward , now, we, the product of… — Kathereine Copy Share Image
Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They aspire to answer a much broader question-which… — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather… — Walter Lang Copy Share Image
“The Earth Speaks, clearly, distinctly, and, in many of the realms of Nature, loudly, to William Jennings Bryan, but he fails to… — Henry Fairfield Osborn Copy Share Image
(When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science.… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Upon the union of the male germ cell with the female egg cell, a new cell is created which almost immediately splits… — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
...the emergent capabilities bursting forth from the revolutionary advances in the life sciences are about to make us the principal agent of… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The convergence of information technology and biology allows scientists to translate the human genome into digital data that can accelerate diagnoses and… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
The whole technological revolution and evolution gives man tremendous capabilities for good, and it also gives individuals tremendous capability to carry out… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
This is the universal property of the human mind. Abstract rules form the core of everything from computer programs to grammars. Our… — Gary Marcus Copy Share Image
What had been released into the desert vacuum and starry oases of the galaxy was the inexorable logic of reproduction and natural… — Robert Charles Wilson Copy Share Image
No one has ever been able to stop the process and evolution of technology, not even I.B.M. That is going to continue.… — Eckhard Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
Evolution writ large is the belief that a cloud of hydrogen will spontaneously invent extreme-ultraviolet lithography, perform Swan Lake, and write all… — Fred Reed Copy Share Image
'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Most of the infections linked to human cancers are common in human populations; they are ubiquitous. They were present during the whole… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
Pep was a very important person in my evolution. He is a manager who changed not only my capacities but also my… — Joao Cancelo Copy Share Image
Rather than be afraid of evolution and try to stifle inquiry, people should revel in the joys of knowing and find a… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
The most dangerous fundamentalists aren't just waging war in Iraq; they're attacking evolution, blocking medical research and ignoring the environment. — Jill Greenberg Copy Share Image
…there are approximately 125 billion miles of DNA in a human body -- your personal DNA is long enough to wrap around… — Jeremy Narby Copy Share Image
In the universe of possibilities that exist for life, we've shown that it is a very easy possibility for life as we… — Frances Arnold Copy Share Image
I don’t believe that the Earth’s but about 9,000 years old. I believe it was created in six days as we know… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
Our own genomes carry the story of evolution, written in DNA, the language of molecular genetics, and the narrative is unmistakable. — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
As the number of unexplained, irreducibly complex biological systems increases, our confidence that Darwin's criterion of failure has been met skyrockets toward… — Michael Behe Copy Share Image
Nature doesn't see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That is the simplicity of evolution, matching design… — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Darwin's dice have rolled badly for Earth. The human species is, in a word, an environmental abnormality. Perhaps a law of evolution… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Social intelligence was therefore always at a high premium. A sharp sense of empathy can make a huge difference, and with it… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
You can always find an evolutionary quotation for anything. But the question is whether it's functional, which is not the same as… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
