Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.

Three billion bases of DNA sequence can be put on a single compact disc and one will be able to pull a CD out of one's pocket and say, 'Here is a human being; it's me!'

Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.

We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.