Successful ecologists are successful in part because they have prepared their minds to attack scientific problems using a variety of intellectual tools.

I like solving problems, and science provides a logical way of solving real-life problems.

Becoming a bird ecologist was just luck! I had the chance to be a field assistant for a scientist working in the Galapagos Islands, and while I was there, I saw a particular problem in behavioral biology that I wanted to solve and, in the process, made myself into a bird ecologist.

Astrobiology is the science of life in the universe. It's an attempt to scientifically deal with the question of whether or not we're alone in the universe, looking at the past of life, the present of life, and the future of life. It's an interdisciplinary study incorporating astronomy, biology, and the Earth sciences.

Sharon Shinn is a lover of words and a builder of worlds. She makes science-fiction seem like fantasy. Her characters jump off the page, finding their way under your skin and into your heart.

Coming from an athletic background, the scientific aspect is a really big part of understanding beauty and how the body works.

Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine.