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Greatest discoveries come from passionate scientists with naive curiosity

— Craig Mello

The journalistic tradition so exalts novelty and flashy discovery, as reputable and newsworthy, that standard accounts for the public not only miss the usual…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Scientific revolutions tend to emerge not from a sudden discovery but by asking better questions”

— Lisa Feldman Barrett

I got very interested in people who had discovered something more significant than ... intellectual, abstract understanding.

— Steve Jobs

Science is very vibrant. There are always new observations to be found. And it's all in the interest in challenging the authority that came…

— Greg Graffin

“If you’re only sceptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. You never learn anything. You become a crochety misanthrope convinced that…

— Carl Sagan

“Isn't it interesting that most people don't like to share what they know or have? Imagine a world where doctors, teachers and scientists did…

— Robin Sacredfire

When all is said and done, science actually takes hard work and a willingness to sometimes find out that your most cherished hypothesis is…

— Alice Dreger

I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make…

— Jack W. Szostak

“I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me – I would go so far as to say that it’s…

— Ben Goldacre

I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge…

— Antony Hewish

Scientists tend to resist interdisciplinary inquiries into their own territory. In many instances, such parochialism is founded on the fear that intrusion from other…

— Hannes Alfven