“If you're looking for your own idea of your own identity you know the human genome may not be the best place to look for it. You're just looking at a bunch of viruses.” IfsKnowsHumansLooksMayIdeasIdentityBunchBeing The BestVirusesBest PlaceGenome Author:Carl Zimmer
“We may be sucking in all sorts of viruses and we really don't know the full range of them. Maybe we've got flu virus inside of us. That's a possibility. Maybe we're part flu.” KnowsMayPossibilityRangeVirusesFlu Author:Carl Zimmer
“Researchers keep identifying new species, but they have no idea about the life cycle of a given species or its other hosts. They cut open an animal and find a new species. Where did it come from? What effect does it have on its host? What is its next host? They don't know and they don't have time to find out, because there are too many other species waiting to be discovered and described.” KnowsDoeIdeasScienceNextGivenWaitingAnimalCuttingEffectsDiscoverySpeciesNo IdeaCyclesHostResearchersIdentifying Author:Carl Zimmer
