Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.

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Science always uses metaphor.

Science always uses metaphor.

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear...

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear...

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or...

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or...

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it...

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it...

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.

I'm not a pessimist, even though I do think awful things are going to happen.

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to...

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to...

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way...

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way...

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that...

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that...

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From...

Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From...

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more...

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more...

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate...

Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate...

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power....

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power....

If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been...

If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been...

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened...

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened...

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.

One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.