鈥淭he photos look most like a lemur. But there certainly shouldn鈥檛 be lemurs in Borneo.鈥�
Nick Isaac from the Institute of Zoology in London, on the discovery of a mysterious new species of mammal in the Kayan Mentarang National Park in Indonesia (BBC news online, 6 December)
鈥淲e haven鈥檛 found the double helix of the brain yet.鈥�
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James Watson, co-discover of the structure of DNA, highlights the lack of progress in brain research (鈥淔uture of the brain鈥� symposium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1 December)
鈥淪tem cells are not just for life, they鈥檙e for Christmas.鈥�
Shamshad Ahmed, managing director of Smart Cells International, on his company鈥檚 stem cell gift certificates, which pay for stem cells to be harvested from the umbilical cord of newborn babies and frozen to be used if needed for treatments later in life (The Guardian, London, 6 December)
鈥淭he level of grief and anguish there is palpable. People can鈥檛 sleep. They don鈥檛 remember meetings or what day it is.鈥�
More than three months after hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast, it is still taking its toll, according to Howard Frumkin, director of the US National Center for Environmental Health (Myrtle Beach Sun News, South Carolina, 4 December)
鈥淵ou could have sex at 16, but not a cigarette afterwards.鈥�
Simon Clark, director of smokers鈥� rights group Forest, commenting on plans to raise the smoking age in the UK from 16 to 18. He says his group supports the proposed legislation but believes it will be difficult to embrace (The Times, London, 5 December)