鈥淚鈥檓 very disappointed. This drug, if it worked, would probably have been the largest-selling pharmaceutical in history.鈥�
Steven E. Nissan of the Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic on the decision to pull torcetrapib, Pfizer鈥檚 experimental drug for heart disease, after it caused an increase in deaths and heart problems (The New York Times, 4 December)
鈥淎ny hobbyist, including a technically savvy teenager, could build their own surveillance device.鈥�
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University of Washington researchers on the risk of stalkers tracking a person鈥檚 movements by intercepting signals from the Nike + iPod Sport Kit, which monitors the distance and pace of your jog (Sydney Morning Herald, 5 December)
鈥淭he rapid rise of China in both money spent and researchers employed is stunning.鈥�
Dirk Pilat, head of the OECD鈥檚 science and technology division, on the news that China should surpass Japan this year to become the world鈥檚 second biggest investor in research (Associated Press, 4 December)
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to go after a lunar base. This is a very, very big decision; one of the few where the science and exploration communities agree.鈥�
Scott Horowitz of NASA on plans to build a permanent moon base at one of the lunar poles by 2024 (Los Angeles Times, 4 December)
鈥淚 feel so sick eating as much as 800 calories, and now when I try to purge, I can鈥檛 get anything up.鈥�
Teenager 鈥�Berlinium鈥� writing in a pro-anorexia chatroom. Such websites are claimed to teach people with eating disorders new ways of losing weight (Reuters, 4 December)