Ones that got away - June 16, 2009
“I still think that anyone who is not a little scared by the changes that WolframAlpha brings hasn’t thought about it enough yet.”
Maria Andersen, a maths teacher at Muskegon Community College, comments on the potential of new search engine WolframAlpha to ‘assist’ pupils with their maths problems (Chronicle of Higher Ed).
“This gives Glaxo instant gratification. It generates sales immediately and allows GSK to expand in emerging markets with a ready made mix of products.”
Navid Malik, analyst at Matrix Corp, comments on GSK’s link up with of Indian generic drug maker Dr Reddy’s (Financial Times).
“I’m absolutely confident we will see the elements of the Humboldt payload eventually deployed on Mars, but probably in a more dedicated circumstance.”
David Southwood, science director of the European Space Agency, comments on the fact that the science instrument package called Humboldt will not go up on the ExoMars mission (BBC).
