“The rather uncomfortable feeling most of us have when we're around snakes is evidence of how this ancient experience continues to influence us today. Throughout the long prehistory of our species and those that preceded it, snakes were a mortal… — Daniel Gardner Copy Share Image
“In 1933, it was in Franklin Roosevelt's political interest to tell Americans the greatest danger was "fear itself." Seventy years later, it was in… — Daniel Gardner Copy Share Image
“The safety gap is so large, in fact, that planes would still be safer than cars even if the threat of terrorism were unimaginably… — Daniel Gardner Copy Share Image
“However hyped the risk of germs may be, it is at least real. Some corporations go so far as to conjure threats where there… — Daniel Gardner Copy Share Image
“The rather uncomfortable feeling most of us have when we're around snakes is evidence of how this ancient experience continues to influence us today.… — Daniel Gardner Copy Share Image
“So should we ban or restrict synthetic chemicals until we have a full understanding of their effects? This attractively simple idea is a lot… — Daniel Gardner Copy Share Image
“Put all these numbers together and what do they add up to? In a sentence: We are the healthiest, wealthiest, and longest-lived people in… — Daniel Gardner Copy Share Image
“Look at the language. If a scientist delivers the simple, unconditional, absolutely certain statements that politicians and journalists want, he is talking as an… — Daniel Gardner Copy Share Image
“But in country after country—including the United States—cars kill far more people than do handguns.” — Daniel Gardner Copy Share Image
