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This week’s quote comes from Archimedes.
“Give me a firm place to stand and I will move the earth.”...

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How did you first become interested in the science field?

My interest in science started early in my childhood. As the son of a family practitioner, I was exposed to medical science at a young age. I can remember, when I was around 6 years old, asking my father how the body worked and what caused people to become ill. My parents encouraged my interest in science by subscribing to educational magazines (e.g., Zoobooks) and taking me to the library where I loved to read books on dinosaurs, geology (which led to a rock and mineral collection), and astronomy (I even went to NASA’s Space Camp)....

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This week’s quote comes from Stephen Hawking.
“My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists as all.”
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This week’s quote comes from Albert Einstein.
“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.”
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Having earned degrees in Auckland, London and Miami, Elizabeth Iorns has witnessed first-hand the joys and frustrations of lab research around the world. She’s noticed that, as technology advances and research becomes more cross-disciplinary, it is increasingly difficult to get access to all the necessary equipment and expertise to conduct cutting-edge research. Some researchers are able to use their institution’s in-house core research facilities to help out, while others must often seek outside resources. And the search for outside assistance can be “a nightmare,” according to Iorns....

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This week’s quote comes from Niels Bohr.
“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”...

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