Shreesha Bhat

“Labradors are prone to some thirty genetic conditions, 60 percent of golden retrievers succumb to cancer, beagles are commonly afflicted with epilepsy, and Cavalier King Charles spaniels suffer from seizures and persistent pain due to their deformed skulls.66 These poignant medical problems haven’t kept humans from letting tastes dictate the genotype and phenotype of humankind’s best friend.”
― Jennifer A. Doudna, A Crack in Creation: The New Power to Control Evolution

“Every person experiences roughly one million mutations throughout the body per second,18 and in a rapidly proliferating organ like the intestinal epithelium, nearly every single letter of the genome will have been mutated at least once in at least one cell by the time an individual turns sixty.”
― Jennifer A. Doudna, A Crack in Creation: The New Power to Control Evolution

“So stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don’t let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don’t force yourself to seek breadth. If you prefer single-tasking to multi tasking, stick to your guns. Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way. It’s up to you to use that independence to good effect.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“a recent study found that people learn better after a quiet stroll through the woods than after a noisy walk down a city street.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking