“The fact that we found something this new and different after nearly 1200 days on Mars makes it even more remarkable.”
Steven Squyres, leader of NASA’s Mars Rover team, on the discovery of soil containing 90 per cent silica, which only forms in the presence of water, on the wheel of the Spirit rover (The Times, London, 22 May)
“It would be like people in the United States finding out that there was a sequel to American Idol that would also power their cars.”
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Editors at on the atmosphere in South Korea when Blizzard Entertainment announced that it was developing a sequel to its computer strategy game StarCraft, described as the national sport for South Koreans under 40 (The New York Times, 21 May)
“By all accounts, it seems as though mothering has become seen as too important to be left to mothers.”
Ellie Lee, organiser of “Childrearing in the Age of Intensive Parenting”, a conference being held at the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK, this week (The Independent, London, 22 May)
“Our attitude is, if you are falling through the cracks, ‘See you! Good luck!'”
Film director Michael Moore on his new documentary SiCKO, in which he accuses the US healthcare system of being driven by greed and failing to care for many of its citizens (Reuters, 22 May)
“The educational benefits from using laptops and having access to information far outweigh any unproven fears over the safety of Wi-Fi.”
Malcolm Sperrin of the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, UK, on a BBC documentary which found that the Wi-Fi radiation level in one school was up to three times the level of cellphone mast radiation (BBC Online, 21 May)
