Nature is a tenacious recycler, every dung heap and fallen redwood tree a bustling community of saprophytes wresting life from the dead and discarded, as though intuitively aware that there is nothing new under the sun. Throughout the physical world, from the cosmic to the subatomic, the same refrain resounds. Conservation: it's not just a good idea, it's the law.
The surest and most insidious enemy of freedom is not dictatorship, but complacency. - Natalie Angier
The surest and most insidious enemy of freedom is not dictatorship, but complacency.
- Natalie Angier
[On women:] We are all yeses. We are worthy enough, we passed inspection, we survived the great fetal oocyte extinctions. In that sense, at least - c… - Natalie Angier
[On women:] We are all yeses. We are worthy enough, we passed inspection, we survived the great fetal oocyte extinctions. In that sense, at least - c…
Astronomers are pure of heart and appealingly puerile. They look into the midnight sky and ask big questions, just as we did when we were in college:… - Natalie Angier
Astronomers are pure of heart and appealingly puerile. They look into the midnight sky and ask big questions, just as we did when we were in college:…
Among the more irritating consequences of our flagrantly religious society is the special dispensation that mainstream religions receive. We all may … - Natalie Angier
Among the more irritating consequences of our flagrantly religious society is the special dispensation that mainstream religions receive. We all may …
evolution is a tinkerer, an ad-hocker, and a jury-rigger. It works with what it has on hand, not with what it has in mind. Some of its inventions pro… - Natalie Angier
evolution is a tinkerer, an ad-hocker, and a jury-rigger. It works with what it has on hand, not with what it has in mind. Some of its inventions pro…
Eternal love is a myth, but we make our myths, and we love them to death. - Natalie Angier
Eternal love is a myth, but we make our myths, and we love them to death.
Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind. It is a way of viewing the world, of facing reality square on but taking nothing on its f… - Natalie Angier
Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind. It is a way of viewing the world, of facing reality square on but taking nothing on its f…
The beauty of the natural world lies in the details. - Natalie Angier
The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.
When I sent out a casual and nonscientific poll of my own to a wide cast of acquaintances, friends and colleagues, I was surprised, but not really, t… - Natalie Angier
When I sent out a casual and nonscientific poll of my own to a wide cast of acquaintances, friends and colleagues, I was surprised, but not really, t…
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