“The situation is out of control, it is dramatic, it is worrying.”
Narciso Mota, municipal president of Pombal, Portugal, on the forest fires sweeping southern Europe (AFP, 4 August)
“It’s different from writing for a science journal. That has to be right. In a movie, I wouldn’t say it doesn’t have to be right, but it’s different.”
Martin Gunderson, one of 15 scientists being taught to write and sell screenplays by the American Film Institute (The New York Times, 4 August)
“I think these results suggest the world is even less prepared than more prepared.”
Michael Osterholm, director of…
