鈥淲hat worries me most about the robust penetrator is that some idiot might try to use it.鈥�
Congressman David Hobson, head of the US House of Representatives energy appropriations subcommittee, which has voted to drop development of the proposed 鈥渂unker buster鈥� nuclear weapon (Chicagotribune.com, 11 September)
鈥淢auna Loa is grumbling, growling and getting ready to come out of its den.鈥�
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Don Swanson, scientist-in-charge at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, warning that the world鈥檚 largest volcano could soon erupt for the first time in 20 years (CNN.com, 13 September)
鈥淟ike the war on terror or the drive for responsible free trade, climate change is an international issue that depends on international cooperation.鈥�
Michael Howard, UK opposition party leader, calling for the US to limit its greenhouse gas emissions (The Independent, London, 14 September)
鈥淭he net is still pretty primitive; we鈥檙e in the Stone Age in respect to networking.鈥�
Vint Cerf, one of the inventors of the internet, commenting on why it needs to be upgraded (The Guardian, London, 14 September)
鈥淵ou would see the whole lake slosh back and forth like a bathtub.鈥�
John Anderson, seismology lab director at the University of Nevada, Reno, describing what would happen if a large earthquake struck Lake Tahoe, the 10th deepest lake in the world. A similar quake struck the lake thousands of years ago (Reno Gazette-Journal, 12 September)