I have a Lab, it's fun to hang out and hike with the dog, people come up to him, and pet him, it's fun.
And I strongly believe people should rescue dogs, or, at the very least, listen to Bob Barker and have your pet spayed or neutered.
I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane.
By that time I was hooked on a career in academic research instead of one in the pharmaceutical industry that I had originally considered in deciding to get a PhD.
A key issue in developmental biology at that time was the problem of how cells underwent differentiation, with most workers concentrating on explanations in terms of changes in enzyme and gene regulation.
Rita Vrataski: Come find me when you wake up!
[to Rita about Phil] Larry: Did he actually call himself "the talent"?
In the corporate-owned media, men dressed like Ronald Reagan and women dressed like Rita Hayworth disseminate grotesque exaggerations and gossip in authoritative tones.
When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.
One of my pet peeves about biblical epics was that the characters' costumes always looked like they're just out of the dry cleaners.
MDMA, it was beginning to be apparent, could be all things to all people.
In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, our nation has been put under considerable fiscal pressure.
The basic structure of proteins is quite simple: they are formed by hooking together in a chain discrete subunits called amino acids.
Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?
I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me happy.
I'm fascinated by the narrative of geology, and I'm a veritable pack rat of a collector on the road. I keep a rock hammer in my car.
I'm really excited to be chosen as a VEVO LIFT artist. It's a great opportunity to reach millions more music fans with my sound and let them see the real Rita.
In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains.
We believe that people will use real-time fMRI feedback to hone cognitive strategies that will increase activation of brain regions.
I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.
