"I had this impression from the media that science was for old white guys, people who looked like Einstein, that it wa…"

"... CRISPR is, in fact, a bacterial immune system. It’s an ancient system that evolved in microbes to allow preventio…"

"... I just think you have to embrace your passions. You have to really go for it. People that have been less successf…"

"When I was taught biology, we learned about the structure and code of DNA, and we learned about how proteins do all t…"

"Two years ago, I was working on my laptop in an airport lounge in Newark, New Jersey, when I glanced up and saw a cou…"

"Shatter her beauteous breast ye may; The Spirit of England none can slay! Dash the bomb on the dome of Paul's, — Deem…"

"Plant genetic resources are seldom 'raw materials'; they are the expression of the current wisdom of farmers who have…"

"There’s a part of me in every I write, whether it’s male or female, because everything has to go through me. Everythi…"

"Success did come to me later, but that was okay, I could feel myself getting better with each story or book. Age does…"

"I’ve always been fascinated with this sense that every single person walking down the street has a whole story. It’s …"