“Get the ambulance, my stomach fell out.”
Cancer patient George Sternat, of Cairns, Australia, who suffered complications after surgical staples were removed following an operation for abdominal cancer (BBC Online, 30 April)
“We will be able to ensure this lake is snakehead-free.”
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Derick Berlage, chairman of the Montgomery County Planning Board in Maryland, which is draining a lake to hunt for snakehead fish, after an angler caught one of the predatory pests (The Washington Post, 30 April)
“If the ark was jutting out of the ice, it would be obvious.”
Rex Geissler, president of the Archaeological Imaging Research Consortium is sceptical that satellite images have pinpointed the location of Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat, Turkey (National Geographic online, 27 April)
“Hollywood’s earthquake mini-series puts myth, fantasy and entertainment before factual science.”
Dallas Jones, head of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services on 10.5, an NBC drama shown on 2 and 3 May, in which an earthquake destroys Seattle (Reuters, 30 April)
“Our goal wasn’t to teach people about earthquakes, our goal was to excite and thrill an audience.”
Gary Pearl, executive producer of 10.5, explains the film-makers’ motives (Reuters, 30 April)
“There are disturbing signs that America’s dominant position in the scientific world is being shaken.”
Senate Democrat leader Tom Daschle told a policy forum of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (The New York Times, 3 May)
