“You wouldn’t want to swat one of those.”

“You wouldn’t want to swat one of those.”

British paleontologist Simon Braddy

On a fossilized claw, part of an ancient sea scorpion, that is of such large proportion it would make the entire creature the biggest bug ever at 8 feet long.

“Seeing these guys go at a 20-pound turkey is like poetry.”

George Shea

Chairman of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, on the eve of a nationally televised turkey-eating competition.

“I can’t overemphasize the use of caution here. These are not ready for prime time.”

Dr. Robert Lanza

Chief science officer at Advanced Cell Technology, cautioning that any medical uses of stem cells developed using the new embryo-free technique were many years away.