Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
We must not fail to recognise that television can be a hugely positive influence in children's lives, one of the greatest educators… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
A young woman in her teens has about 300,000 eggs in her ovaries. By the time she is menopausal, none are left. — 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
We are more dependent on science and engineering than at any other time in history. However, there is plenty of evidence that… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Both in Britain and America, huge publicity has been given to stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, and the potential they offer.… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
No matter what I've published - and you can look it up, I've published quite a lot in science, quite a few… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
My first vote was for a communist in east London when I was a medical student. But I've voted Tory, Labour and… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I was born with my moustache and, no, I've never been tempted to shave it off. I don't spend a lot of… — 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