“Before the Human Genome Project, most scientists assumed, based on our...” — Sam Kean Quote

“Before the Human Genome Project, most scientists assumed, based on our complex brains and behaviors, that humans must have around 100,000 genes; some estimates went as high as 150,000.”

“After about 1940, scientists generally stopped looking for elements in nature. Instead, they had to create them by smashing smaller atoms together.”

“Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.”

“Audiences make their minds up about people they see on screen, just like they do in real life. That's what fascinates me in film. You see a character and have to think: is this person different to what I assumed he was when I first saw him?”

“For the longest time people just assumed I would be in theatre.”

“I always assumed I'd marry a black woman.”