Low-cost, high-grade coal, oil and natural gas – the backbone of the Industrial Revolution – will be a distant memory by 2050. Much higher-cost remnants will still be available, but they will not be able to drive our growth, our population and, most critically, our food supply as before. Jeremy Grantham Read Quote
Through my whole career, that’s been a major thing – bringing my family with me. Gemma Ward Read Quote
As a child, I had no interest in science whatsoever – then I started writing and recognized how relevant it was. My first book about science and medicine captured the world of organ transplantation in 1989 from the points of view of all of the participants – scientists, surgeons, social workers, organ recipients and even donor families. Lee Gutkind Read Quote
I went to department stores, and there was nothing that I really loved. All the shoes were too complicated, too crazy, too ridiculous, too extreme. The platforms were so high; the shoes were so ugly, covered in crystals and feathers and crap. I just thought, ‘Maybe somebody wants a beautifully simple, sexy shoe that they can actually walk in.’ Edgardo Osorio Read Quote
People want development, modern thinking. They want to encourage and support research in agriculture and other fields. Sharad Pawar Read Quote
What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
We live in a society where individual effort and progress is valued, and that’s absolutely correct and is as it should be. But we also are interdependent creatures. We can’t succeed solely on our own. Vivek Murthy Read Quote
