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鈥淚f I was in a family that had the familial form of Alzheimer鈥檚 鈥� where half of individuals have it by age 60 鈥� I would definitely be taking in 500 milligrams of caffeine a day and I would be doing it in coffee.鈥�

Gary Arendash at the University of South Florida, on his study suggesting that coffee might reverse Alzheimer鈥檚 memory problems (ABC news, 6 July)

鈥淲hy do we want to go back to the moon?鈥�

We should concentrate on Mars instead, said Buzz Aldrin, speaking at London鈥檚 Southbank Centre to mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings (Daily Mail, London, 6 July)

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think we can say it鈥檚 because the dogs are showing guilt鈥�

Alexandra Horowitz, a psychologist at Barnard College in New York, who designed an experiment showing that dog owners were just as likely to say their dogs looked guilty when the dogs had disobeyed them as when they hadn鈥檛 (The Washington Post, 2 July)

鈥淭here鈥檚 a massive misperception that incandescents are going away quickly鈥�

Chris Calwell, a researcher with Ecos Consulting, which studies the light-bulb market, on the growing popularity of new, energy-efficient versions of incandescent bulbs (The New York Times, 5 July)

鈥淚t鈥檚 special because it鈥檚 the oldest almost completely preserved Bible鈥�

Juan Garces, manager of the Codex Sinaiticus project to digitally unite four parts of a 4th-century Bible held in the UK, Germany, Russia and Egypt. The aim is to make it accessible online in its entirety (Associated Press, 6 July)