鈥淔or a fraction of what we have already spent in Iraq, we can ensure that every nuclear weapon, and every pound of potential bomb material will be secured and accounted for.鈥�
John Kerry, Democratic presidential candidate, on the threat of nuclear terrorism (The Boston Globe, 2 June).
鈥淲e hope the Great Atlantic Way will do for the weather what the Eden Project has done for plants.鈥�
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Jonathan Ball, co-founder of the Eden Project, on a weather theme park plan (The Sunday Telegraph, London, 6 June)
鈥淭here isn鈥檛 a plan B; this burn has to work.鈥�
Andrew Coates of University College London on the rocket firing that will place the Cassini spacecraft into orbit around Saturn (Nature.com, 7 June)
鈥淭hey鈥檙e not getting phones so that they can call their mothers on Mother鈥檚 Day.鈥�
Terry Cobbs, an official with the Texas prison system on how cellphones have become prized objects in Texan prisons (Houston Chronicle, 7 June)
鈥淢ore people have been into space than into the dark depths of the oceans. Scientists say there could be as many as 5 million species we have never discovered. Destroying sea mounts is like blowing up Mars before we get a chance to explore it.鈥�
Simon Reddy of Greenpeace on the need to ban deep-sea bottom trawling (The Daily Telegraph, London, 5 June).
鈥淎 bit like overcooked beans, but very crunchy.鈥�
Biologist Jenna Jadin, author of a cookbook of recipes for 17-year cicadas, now swarming through the eastern US.
