Of course it is a very simple matter to identify genes which might modify intelligence or memory and start thinking about whether… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Religion has endured since the dawn of human consciousness precisely because it encompasses so much of being human. No idea has endured… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I actually don't mind whether people can choose the sex of the baby - in fact humans have been trying to do… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
You can now modify the genes of large animals, and the largest animal we are concerned with is the human. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
In prehistoric times, Homo sapiens was deeply endangered. Early humans were less fleet of foot, with fewer natural weapons and less well-honed… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
While nobody has identified any gene for religion, there are certainly some candidate genes that may influence human personality and confer a… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I think humans have always wrestled with the Divine Idea - an idea that unites and separates, creates and destroys, consoles and… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Over the past 20 years, I have presented many science programmes on BBC1. But none is, I think, more socially important, or… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I don't much like being a public figure, because so often how people appear is not how they really are, and I think one… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Women of child-bearing age steadily run out of eggs by the continuous process of cell death. While reading a copy of the 'Guardian' carefully… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Of course it is a very simple matter to identify genes which might modify intelligence or memory and start thinking about whether you want… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium.… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in love with… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I don't think you can impose limits on science because the very nature of homo sapiens is that he - she - is an… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Carbon dioxide is unusual because it doesn't go through the usual three phases of matter, from solid to liquid to gas, but it goes… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
However you define God, and whether you believe in God or not, the world we live in has been shaped by the universal human… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image