By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.
I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.
I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.
All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.
The central moral issue of science is that we do not have a science of peace and hardly know where to begin in building one.
If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications.