鈥淚t has no acceptable mechanism, its principles are invalid and it has failed hundreds of tests. But no hint of these problems will be found in astrology books, which are exercises in deception.鈥�
Former astrologer Geoffrey Dean, whose analysis of 2000 people born at the same time revealed no similarities (The Sunday Telegraph, London, 17 August)
鈥淭his is a bad decision for whales, for international cooperation, for Icelandic tourists and fishermen and for Icelandic taxpayers.鈥�
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International Fund for Animal Welfare president Fred O鈥橰egan on Iceland鈥檚 resumption of whaling (press release, 19 August)
鈥淭he irony is that our government is looking for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and at the same time, they鈥檙e not protecting us from our own weapons of mass destruction. This is absolute madness.鈥�
Teacher Rufus Kinney, a lone protester outside the Alabama incinerator where the US Army is destroying chemical weapons (USA Today, 18 August)
鈥淚t is like the entire power grid is being run by Homer Simpson.鈥�
NPR reporter Ed Ungar on the blackout (14 August)
鈥淢ercury is one of those things that many scientists wish wasn鈥檛 there. It is a real nuisance.鈥�
European Space Agency science director David Southwood on the conundrum posed by the inner planet鈥檚 magnetic field (The Guardian, London, 19 August)