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Long before we created libraries, or even books, poetry was the way we humans remembered who we were, a primary means of documenting and contemplating our lives. ”
I have suffered racial prejudice, and I know how painful it is. People need to take this issue more seriously and engage in this fight against racism. ”
Mars is key to humanity's future in space. It is the closest planet that has all the resources needed to support life and technological civilization. Its complexity uniquely demands the skills of human explorers, who will pave the way for human settlers. ”
In their efforts to discredit human freedom, the Putinites denounce the sins that may occur under the reign of liberty with the same ardor, the same sincerity, and the same purpose that animated their Soviet forebears. ”
Carbon is the stuff of life, and it's the stuff of everything used by human society. All of our materials are made of carbon or of substances, such as steel or glass, which are produced through the utilization of carbon. ”
The relationship between carbon consumption and human well-being is causal, not coincidental. ”
We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious that epigenetics - actually things which influence the genome's function - are much more important than we realised. ”
Neuroscience is now a very important research area in biology. We are now understanding a lot more about brains in babies, as well as children and adults. ”
I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our children represent. ”
While nobody has identified any gene for religion, there are certainly some candidate genes that may influence human personality and confer a tendency to religious feelings. Some of the genes likely to be involved are those which control levels of different chemicals called neurotransmitters in the brain. ”