India has the opportunity to be a leader in genetic engineering, It has institutions that no other country has.

If there are more and more environmental refugees, they are going to end up on your doorstep too.

India has the opportunity to be a leader in genetic engineering, It has institutions that no other country has.

Civilization depends on our expanding ability to produce food efficiently, which has markedly accelerated thanks to science and technology.

Jumping genes are fundamental because they're agents of change. Everybody knows that organisms evolve. What makes them evolve is that their genes are dynamic and in motion. A familiar example is the stripe-y corn - called Indian corn - that you buy in the fall.

If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn't support the earth's current population - maybe half.

We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can't support many more people.