“I see something extremely disturbing: the European anti-scientific view spreading to other parts of the world.â€
US trade representative Robert Zoellick declares he supports filing a case against the European Union for its refusal to accept genetically modified foods (The Washington Post, 10 January)
“Sizewell is easier to get into than a Norwich nightclub. If we can do this, then anyone can.â€
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Greenpeace activist Rob Gueterbock, part of a group that got into one of Britain’s biggest nuclear plants (Metro, London, 14 January)
“We are on a slippery slope… If the US resumed testing, this would be a signal to other nuclear weapon states to do the same.â€
Nobel peace laureate Joseph Rotblat, who worked on the Manhattan Project (The Guardian, London, 9 January)
“If to prove my credibility I have to risk in any way the separation of the mother and the baby, as a mother myself I will never hesitate. Potential customers of our company have to know that they will always have the priority.â€
Brigitte Boisselier on why no tests have yet been done to prove Eve is a clone (Clonaid press release, 7 January)
“You don’t need a doctor! You can die without one!â€
Australian doctor Philip Nitschke tells cheering supporters at a euthanasia conference about his carbon monoxide “suicide machine†(Reuters, 13 January)
“What was it like to walk on the Sun?â€
British comedian Ali G interviews Buzz Aldrin for an upcoming TV show (The Age, Melbourne, 9 January)