鈥淲e have lost so much time already. I just really can鈥檛 bear to lose any more.鈥
Nancy Reagan calls on the US government to support stem-cell research (The Boston Globe, 10 May)
鈥淭his extremely enjoyable film has been let down by the simple fact it has got its science all wrong.鈥
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Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Sceptical Environmentalist, on the film The Day After Tomorrow (The Sunday Telegraph, London, 9 May)
鈥淭he government does not want to admit that its land grab has been a disaster and that Zimbabwe can no longer feed itself.鈥
John Makumbe, chair of the Zimbabwe branch of Transparency International, on the expulsion of a UN crop-assessment team (The Guardian, London, 10 May)
鈥淥fficials breaching duty or hiding epidemic reports will be severely punished.鈥
China鈥檚 State Council announces measures to halt the spread of HIV (New York Times News Service, 10 May)
鈥淧ac-Manhattan represented the first time that I鈥檝e broken into what might charitably be described as a run in over two years.鈥
Mike Olson, one of the players in a 鈥渞eal-life鈥 version of the Pac-Man video game staged on New York鈥檚 streets last weekend (Wired News, 10 May)
鈥淚f there is work, it鈥檚 possible to fly as long as necessary. If there is no work, there is no worse punishment.鈥
Cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri on Russia鈥檚 request to extend stints at the International Space Station from six months to a year, freeing Soyuz places for space tourists (AP, 5 May)