I believe that politics takes a much different set of skills than science. Science is about getting to the truth. Politics is about what people think….

Being a scientist is a special privilege: for it brings the opportunity to be creative, the passionate quest for answers to natures most precious sec….

Neuroscience is by far the most exciting branch of science because the brain is the most fascinating object in the universe. Every human brain is dif….

Concepts are vindicated by the constant accrual of data and independent verification of data. No prize, not even a Nobel Prize, can make something tr….

In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of ….

Besides numerous science courses, I had the opportunity to study philosophy, the history of architecture, economics, and Russian history in courses t….

The Nobel Prizes are much more than awards to scholars; they are a celebration of civilization, of mankind, and of what makes humans unique - that is….

Our goal is to figure out a therapy for prion diseases..