Indeed the whole human species is endangered by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction which further advances in science are likely to produce.

I saw science as being in harmony with humanity.

I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.

I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false.

Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely complete isolation from other humans for 10 000 years.

Thousands of years ago humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times despite the efforts of modern science.

Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures good and bad that the human mind can envision.

While that amendment failed human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.

Today Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.

It is this at its most basic that makes science a humane pursuit it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience.