People go into science out of curiosity, not to win awards. But scientists are human and have ambitions.

Ultimately, biological phenomena involve molecules, and understanding them involves understanding the underlying chemistry. In my opinion, this is a particularly exciting area of chemistry.

The success in the determination of the high-resolution structures of ribosomal subunits and eventually the whole ribosome was the culmination of decades of effort.

There is no magical formula for winning a Nobel Prize.

Scientific careers rely on inheritance, environment, and random events, like all biological phenomena.

On climate change, the science is clearer about what you need to do to get a real impact than... on counterterrorism.

Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read The Lord of the Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune, too.

The general public has long been divided into two parts those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will.