The Economist:

Matthew Porteus, a pioneer in gene editing at Stanford University, says research that required a sophisticated molecular biology lab three years ago can now be done by a high-school student.

Freeman Dyson:

Now, after three billion years, the Darwinian interlude is over.

An exchange:

Someone once accused Craig Venter of playing God.

His reply was, "We're not playing."

William Finnegan:

Mark Renneker likes to say that surfing "is essentially a religious practice." What I've always had trouble deciding is just who or what is being worshipped.

David Foster Wallace:

Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.

David Bromwich:

When H.L. Mencken, an avowed atheist, was asked if he believed in baptism, he replied "Believe in it? I've seen it done!"