鈥淭he Muslim world is weak and backward. We must banish the idea that the only knowledge we need is about Islam. Neglect of other knowledge has led to our lack of industrial capacity, and our inability to invent and produce weapons to defend ourselves.鈥�
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad on the importance of science education (19 July)
鈥淓ven churchgoing grandmothers are suspected of taking drugs to get bigger, faster, stronger.鈥�
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A Salon.com report on 59-year-old sprinter Kathy Jager, who is just about to start competing again after a three-year drugs ban (31 July)
鈥淲e had hoped that a clone would be born in Missy鈥檚 lifetime. She was a wise dog with a body of experience she could relay to her clones.鈥�
Genetic, Savings and Clone鈥檚 chief executive Lou Hawthorne on the death of Missy the dog. The 鈥淢issyplicity Project鈥�, a multimillion-dollar effort to clone her, began in 1997 (The Washington Post, 27 July)
鈥淪oon it鈥檒l be as common to see a rodent on our streets as it is to see a dog or a cat.鈥�
Sue Nelson, director of the Keep Britain Tidy campaign, launching a fresh bid to discourage littering, blamed for Britain鈥檚 booming rat population (1 August)
鈥淚 can鈥檛 think of anything more appropriate than Bolero.鈥�
Sydney Opera House manager Michael Lynch, when asked what music he would play for two southern right whales spotted mating in Sydney Harbour (Radio 702 ABC, 30 July)