I fought for seven years to have creche facilities at the Okinawa Institute of Science of Technology - and was ultimately successful. Less successful have been efforts to get a creche at the new Crick Institute in London, but this is something I will continue to push for. Tim Hunt continuecrechecrick share on social
Let it be understood, in the first place, that a science fiction story must be an exposition of a scientific theme and it must be also a story. Hugo Gernsback expositionfictionplace Change image and share on social
My most memorable science fiction experience was 'Star Wars' and seeing R2D2 and C3PO. I fell in love with those robots. Cynthia Breazeal c3poexperiencefall Change image and share on social
'V-Wars' is a head-on collision of real-world science, terrorism, special forces action, ethics, politics and an exploration of what defines us as human. Jonathan Maberry actioncollisiondefine Change image and share on social
Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. Claude Bernard activeexperimentationobservation Change image and share on social
Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.' Max Planck engageentrancefaith Change image and share on social
And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progress inherent in civilization. Chauncey Wright civilizationcombineenergy Change image and share on social
There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ideologypersonalpolitical Change image and share on social
We have to realize that science is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword can cut against poverty, illness, disease and give us more democracies, and democracies never war with other democracies, but the other side of the sword could give us nuclear proliferation, biogerms and even forces of darkness. Michio Kaku biogermscutdarkness share on social
Grades can matter, especially for those students and parents who live for the next round of applications to graduate or professional schools. But there's a problem with the grade emphasis. Math or science graduates earn more than students majoring in the humanities. Amity Shlaes applicationearnemphasis share on social