Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is. Francis Collins comfortcoolimportant Change image and share on social
Scientists need to be prepared to engage, and the best people to engage with are students, ideally from primary school because there's no question that their capacity to work out complex things is extremely good. Robert Winston capacitycomplexengage share on social
Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid. Dave Barry biologicalbreastfunction Change image and share on social
Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution. Theodosius Dobzhansky arrangecompeldiscover Change image and share on social
Scientists say, 'There is no such thing as time; gravity is a dust from another universe, and outside our own universe are many, many universes in all directions.' They speculate that attached to these universes are probably 6,000 planets identical to Earth. So are there things living out there? Animals, people, anything? James Rosenquist 000animalattach share on social
Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Alan Dershowitz criminaldoubtmorality Change image and share on social
Scientists suggest that the link between consuming poultry and cancer spread may be due to carcinogens in cooked meat. For unknown reasons, these carcinogens build up more in the muscles of chickens and turkeys than in those of other animals. Michael Greger animalbuildcancer share on social
Scientists surely have a special responsibility. It is their ideas that form the basis of new technology. They should not be indifferent to the fruits of their ideas. They should forgo experiments that are risky or unethical. Martin Rees basisexperimentforgo share on social
Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do. Bill Bryson importancelargeoverstate Change image and share on social