"If [Einstein] was around I'd love to buy him a beer ... but I don't know if I'd introduce him to my sister."

Schrodinger's complicated love life. An open marriage with a wife, a mistress and another mistress ... but no cat

"Big Dick" Feynman: "Physics is like sex: Sure, it may give some practical results but that’s not why we do it."

"Police allege Nowak drove 950 miles from Houston to Orlando -- wearing adult diapers so she would not have to stop to urinate -- and disguised herself in a dark wig, glasses and trench coat to confront her rival, Colleen Shipman". Crikey

SciAm's editor responds - mostly favourably, with qualifications - to Pollan's "Unhappy Meals"

Interesting