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February 2011's selection of notable quotes

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Cambridge University molecular geneticist Fiona Watt, profiled in The Scientist (Jan. 2011)

University of Alberta biologist Richard Palmer as quoted by Jonah Lehrer in “The Truth Wears Off: Is There Something Wrong With the Scientific Method?” (The New Yorker, Dec. 13, 2010)

Ajit Varki, University of California, San Diego, biologist and cofounder of the transdisciplinary Center for Academic Research in Anthropogeny, in a video interview on F1000’s Naturally Selected blog

Kyungjoon Lee et al., in a recent paper on the importance of being in physical contact with scientific collaborators (PLoS ONE, 5:e14279, 2010)

Frank W. Marlowe, president-elect of the Evolutionary Anthropology Society, on the American Anthropology Association executive board’s stripping of the word “science” from its long-term plan (New York Times, Dec. 13, 2010)

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