“He was a renaissance person. He had such an impact on American science and technology.”

Former University of California San Diego chancellor Robert Dynes comments on first chancellor of UCSD, Herb York, who died on Tuesday (SD Union-Tribune).

“Never before has any ape species been seen treating its own offspring as a consumable resource.”

David Dellatore, of Oxford Brookes University, comments on footage of orang-utans cannibalising the bodies of their deceased babies (BBC).

“Did you guys see my house? I’m trying to figure out if my lawn is getting mowed there.”

US President Barack Obama talks to astronauts aboard the International Space Station (AP).