“With regards to Neil Young, I really enjoy his music and have had a great appreciation of him as an activist for peace and justice.”
Biologist Jason Bond of East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, who has discovered a new species of trapdoor spider. He opted to name the spider Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi after his favourite musician (Reuters, 12 May)
“We don’t really have laser cannons, but sometimes I like to pretend.”
US astronaut Garrett Reisman interviewed live from the International Space Station by the comedian Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, 8 May)
“In almost every transit system I talk to, we’re seeing very…
