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鈥淔or a fraction of what we have already spent in Iraq, we can ensure that every nuclear weapon, and every pound of potential bomb material will be secured and accounted for.鈥

John Kerry, Democratic presidential candidate, on the threat of nuclear terrorism (The Boston Globe, 2 June).

鈥淲e hope the Great Atlantic Way will do for the weather what the Eden Project has done for plants.鈥

Jonathan Ball, co-founder of the Eden Project, on a weather theme park plan (The Sunday Telegraph, London, 6 June)

鈥淭here isn鈥檛 a plan B; this burn has to work.鈥

Andrew Coates of University College London on the rocket firing that will place the Cassini spacecraft into orbit around Saturn (Nature.com, 7 June)

鈥淭hey鈥檙e not getting phones so that they can call their mothers on Mother鈥檚 Day.鈥

Terry Cobbs, an official with the Texas prison system on how cellphones have become prized objects in Texan prisons (Houston Chronicle, 7 June)

鈥淢ore people have been into space than into the dark depths of the oceans. 杏吧原创s say there could be as many as 5 million species we have never discovered. Destroying sea mounts is like blowing up Mars before we get a chance to explore it.鈥

Simon Reddy of Greenpeace on the need to ban deep-sea bottom trawling (The Daily Telegraph, London, 5 June).

鈥淎 bit like overcooked beans, but very crunchy.鈥

Biologist Jenna Jadin, author of a cookbook of recipes for 17-year cicadas, now swarming through the eastern US.

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