“I wouldn't be a very good hunter without these glasses. I'm not a very good hunter with these glasses, but I'd be even worse without them, so that would put a crimp in how many kids I could have, so all of these medical advances have at least in some parts of the world blunted natural selection.” WorldKidsNaturalVery GoodGlassesMedicalHuntersSelectionNatural SelectionMedical Advances Author:Carl Zimmer
“Today, when we look at a brain, we see an intricate network of billions of neurons in constant, crackling communication, a chemical labyrinth that senses the world outside and within, produces love and sorrow, keeps our hearts beating and lungs breathing, composes our thoughts, and constructs our consciousness.” WorldLooksHeartTodayBrainConsciousnessProduceCommunicationSorrowConstantBillionsSensesBreathingChemicalsOur ThoughtsConstructsLungsIntricateLabyrinthHeart BeatNeuronsHeart Beating Book:Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World Source: Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World
“If the world goes crazy for a lovely fossil, that's fine with me. But if that fossil releases some kind of mysterious brain ray that makes people say crazy things and write lazy articles, a serious swarm of flies ends up in my ointment.” PeopleIfsWorldWritingKindEndsBrainCrazySeriousFineLovelyMysteriousReleaseLazyRaysArticlesFossilsSwarmsCrazy Things Author:Carl Zimmer
“At long last, we may be returning to the original two-sided sense of the word virus, which originally signified either a life-giving substance or a deadly venom. Viruses are indeed exquisitely deadly, but they have provided the world with some of its most important innovations. Creation and destruction join together once more.” WorldGivingMayLongTwoImportantTogetherLastsCreationDestructionInnovationOriginalsSubstanceVirusesVenomOrigin Of LifeCreation And Destruction Book:A Planet of Viruses Source: A Planet of Viruses
