Carbon dioxide is unusual because it doesn't go through the usual three phases of matter, from solid to liquid to gas, but it goes straight from soli….

Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that people will want to mo….

Nearly all inventions are not recognised for their positive side either when they're made. So, for example, scientists didn't go out to design a CD m….

Scientists need to be prepared to engage, and the best people to engage with are students, ideally from primary school because there's no question th….

We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious that epigenetics - act….

It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress..

I think it's important for scientists to be a bit less arrogant, a bit more humble, recognising we are capable of making mistakes and being fallaciou….

I think that good parenting should allow children to be children. That naivety and slightly open way of looking at the world is very valuable..

By discovering how our minds work, we can improve our learning power and unlock our true potential..

The trouble with climate change is it's an extraordinarily diverse and complex issue, but for example if the BBC would let me make some of the progra….

Childhood depression tends to be more common in inner cities, being most frequently related to serious social deprivation, bullying, domestic violenc….

I was born with my moustache and, no, I've never been tempted to shave it off. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about my face and, like Gilbert a….

Our aggression is a deep instinct which survives in all kinds of manifestations in modern man..

I don't like seeing myself on television and I don't enjoy filming. What I actually enjoy is thinking about how I am going to express something or ho….

Whether you're religious or not, there is a real need for other people's religious positions to be treated with the upmost respect..

I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in love with my father, and he died when I was nin….

When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection. I se….

There needs to be clearer communication for the public avout how valuable it [animal testing] is.

It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be boasting of….

I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our children represent..

I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an inedible, glutinous pu….