鈥淭hey get bored and they shit on the keyboard rather than type.鈥�
Geoff Cox of the University of Plymouth commenting on a study to see how close six macaques given a computer would get to the complete works of Shakespeare in four weeks (The Guardian, London, 9 May)
鈥淏y the law of averages Jonathan should be dead. But his swallow has got stronger and his gag reflex has strengthened.鈥�
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Don Simms, father of vCJD patient Jonathan Simms on his progress since having a course of the blood-thinning drug PPS injected into his brain (The Times, London, 12 May)
鈥淭hey are simple people, they don鈥檛 know about radiation and uranium. They went to the 鈥榶ellow cake鈥� factory.鈥�
Iraqi nuclear expert Hisham Abdel-Malik warns of the radiation risk faced by locals who looted uranium-tainted barrels from the former nuclear facility in Tuwaitha (Reuters, 13 May)
鈥淓uropeans have to know they cannot use this as a trade barrier against us.鈥�
US farm group lobbyist Mary Kay Thatcher on rumours that the US is about to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the EU鈥檚 moratorium on genetically modified foods (Associated Press, 13 May)
鈥淭wo identical spacecraft will slam into the Martian atmosphere, bounce like giant beach balls across the frozen surface and then unfold like flower blossoms to reveal a pair of monster trucks.鈥�
Space journalist William Harwood describes NASA鈥檚 Mars Exploration Rover mission, due to launch next month (The Washington Post, 12 May)