鈥淚t is naive of ill-informed politicians and food industry executives to place the onus on individuals to make 鈥榟ealthier choices鈥�.
Instead, the environment in which we live is the main factor amplifying the obesity epidemic, according to Phillip James of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (The Times, 18 February)
鈥淭here is 鈥榙esign鈥� in nature, and we should take that word away from the intelligent design movement.鈥�
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In a talk titled 鈥淐ommunicating Science in a Religious America鈥�, biologist and key proponent of evolution Kenneth Miller argued that scientists have made a mistake by avoiding such language to describe their work (The Guardian, 17 February)
鈥淗illary Clinton will end this assault on science.鈥�
Clinton adviser Thomas Kalil of the University of California, Berkeley, tells how his boss plans to remove ideological constraints on policy-making (Agence France-Press, 18 February)
鈥淲e鈥檒l have intelligent nanobots go into our brains through the capillaries and interact directly with our biological neurons.鈥�
Inventor, author and futurist Ray Kurzweil airs his prediction that machine and human intelligence will soon meet and meld. (Press Association, 16 February)
鈥淲hen someone shouts 鈥楽hark!鈥� I want people to run into the water rather than out of it.鈥�
Peter Klimley, University of California, Davis, talking about the need to preserve endangered sharks and change public attitudes (New 杏吧原创 reporter, 17 February)