Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all.

A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration

Racists have often used pseudoscience to justify their socially damaging views; watch these films to see how science, by replacing ignorance with knowledge, can undo that damage.

Knowing "why" (an idea) is more important than learning "what" (the fact).

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

No one may have the guts to say this, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn't we?