Quotes About Science

Recruiting is not an exact science.

President Bush's proposal to focus our resources on sending humans to Mars is intriguing, but it is not the most compelling reason that Americans ought to focus our interest on the Red Planet.

Atheistic evolutionists believe that nothing created everything - a scientific impossibility. It couldn't happen. So they redefine the word 'nothing' to mean 'something,' so that in their unthinking minds, they can justify their foolishness.

We have access to practical, ethical and scientifically established methods of birth control. So I think that is the most ethical way to reduce our population.

We need to not reduce but increase our commitment to research.

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula.

The single best thing about Mars is the reduced gravity. It's 38 percent of Earth's gravity - about one third. Almost never have you seen that portrayed in film or television. Mars is just portrayed as a place that's got reddish sand but is otherwise pretty much identical to the Mojave Desert, and that's not the case.

Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend your lifespan considerably.

So aging is really just the way we deteriorate over time. Lifespan on the other hand is how long we live. We typically refer to that as longevity.

Not even a maggot is an it, and to refer to any animal in that manner is an affectation, an ignorant stab at science-speak.

Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific.

Small bodies, about half a micron in diameter, and later referred to under the name of 'mitochondria' were detected under the light microscope as early as 1894.

I can handle heckling on evolution because it's my own field.

I do like Hank Pym.

I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of us.

Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.

In the forefront of science, there is not much difference between religion and science. People harbor beliefs. That's what happens when people believe something religiously.

The evolution of sex is the hardest problem in evolutionary biology.

As a scientist, I clearly see the potential for harnessing the power of nature.

We can have fun speculating about why things are the way they are but don't look to science to provide any answers.

I would say the biggest challenge I had as a woman in science is be a mom. It's really hard. It's very hard work having children, and I tell kids this all the time.

If we found a hazardous asteroid, we could nudge it out of the way.

If someone has a fantastic biology background, he or she can contribute in AI and health care. AI has many aspects.

Science is beginning to catch up with global health problems.