Quotes About Science

A short telomere represents a persistent and non-repairable damage to the cells, which is able to prevent their division or regeneration.

In order to predict effectively, we need to use science. And the reason that we need to use science is because then we can reproduce what we're doing; it's not just wisdom or guesswork. And if we can predict, then we can engineer the future.

In cloning, in contrast, reproduction is asexual - the cloned child is the product not of two but of one.

I'm on the pro-science side of the Republican Party.

I guess if I had to pick one interest that is unique, it would be giant squids - I'm disturbingly fascinated by them and even wrote a story about the hunt for them.

There have been lots of stories written about all the hype over getting the genome done and the letdown of not discovering lots of cures right after.

There's a lot of what I call 'bio-babble' and hype out there from a lot of bioenergy companies.

Educated guesswork' is what science is. You form hypotheses, test them against the evidence, and if they fit the evidence, you can assume you've got close to the truth.

One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it.

Not as a demonstrated natural law, but as a working hypothesis.

We are going from reading our genetic code to the ability to write it. That gives us the hypothetical ability to do things never contemplated before.

Ideal day is a hot and humid morning, tornadoes develop, no one gets hurt, and we get to collect data and chase the tornadoes.

I try to do my science in a moral way, and, I believe that, ideally, science should be looked upon as something that helps us understand our role in the universe.

The most confounding thing of all is that we still haven't identified the cause of 20% to 30% of adult common colds.

There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.

It is important that we show the American people that we believe in an energy policy that is based on science and prioritizes jobs - not one that is based on ideology and prioritizes headlines.

There is no refutation of Darwinian evolution in existence. If a refutation ever were to come about, it would come from a scientist, and not an idiot.

The resistance to science is idiotic.

If I could have anyone's mind for a day, I really can't think of anyone other than Einstein.

If I could do anything, I'd be an engineer of some sort. I used to build robots.

It is crucial for scientists to be willing to be wrong; otherwise, you might not do the most important experiments, or you may ignore your most important findings.

There's always going to be people who don't understand or accept the united science, and I will just ignore them, as I'm only acting and communicating on the science.

You've got people who are looking at DNA evidence and other evidence like that and they're ignoring it.

My love of science fiction comes from the idea of being able to explore ideas and concepts to an either logical or illogical extreme.