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“Dirtiness comes with a price. But cleanliness comes with a price, too."

David Elliott, professor of internal medicine in the Carver College of Medicine, on studies that indicate that certain organisms—worms, in his research—prevent and reverse autoimmune disease (New York Times, Jan. 26).

“You can't understand the living without the extinct, and you can't understand the extinct without the living."

Christopher Brochu, associate professor of geoscience in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who studies evolutionary relationships of crocodylians, on using innovative techniques to study how dinosaurs lived (Columbus Dispatch, Feb. 3).

"If it could scream, it would."

John Kirby, associate professor of microbiology in the Carver College of Medicine, talking about a colony of E. coli bacteria being eaten by Myxococcus xanthus, a predatory bacteria that forms unique rippling waves as it feasts on its bacterial prey. (Popular Science, Feb. 3).

“Men increasingly want a woman who can bring home the bacon; women want a man who can fry it up.”

Christine Whelan, visiting assistant professor of sociology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, on a survey she conducted that found that men are increasingly interested in educated women who are good financial prospects, while women are increasingly interested in men who desire a home and family (Des Moines Register, Feb. 6).