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In days gone by, scientists would speak solemnly about our solar system's 'habitable zone' - a theoretical region extending from Venus to Mars, but perhaps not encompassing either, where a planet would be the right temperature to have liquid water on its surface.


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SETH ROGEN For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment...
SETH BERKLEY The great city can teach something that no university by itself can altogether impart: a vivid sense...
SETH LOW You can't stop wars to build tertiary teaching hospitals, but you can say, 'Let's stop f...
SETH BERKLEY I love science, and I believe in it. I have a faith that science can solve problems and make the wor...
SETH BERKLEY When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations, and making bold steps that change the course...
SETH BERKLEY Investments in immunization yield a rate of return on a par with educating our children - and higher...
SETH BERKLEY History will not judge HIV/AIDS kindly... the harshest words will be reserved for how the world resp...
SETH BERKLEY I was a serial monogamist.
SETH BERKLEY In large part, thanks to widespread immunization, the number of young children dying each year has d...
SETH BERKLEY I wish we could have state-of-the-art hospitals in every corner of the earth... but realistically, i...
SETH BERKLEY We've actually eliminated Type II polio in the world, at least as far as we can tell.
SETH BERKLEY Now, you might think of flu as just a really bad cold, but it can be a death sentence. Every year, 3...
SETH BERKLEY Healthy children are more likely to attend school and are better able to learn. Healthy workers are ...
SETH BERKLEY When AIDS first appeared, people didn't know what it was. You'll remember that it affected m...
SETH BERKLEY Science is one of the comparative advantages of our knowledge-based economy, and focusing on our pro...
SETH BERKLEY The virus that causes AIDS is the trickiest pathogen scientists have ever confronted. It mutates fur...
SETH BERKLEY You'd see little shallow graves, lined up, one after the other - babies. That's what happens...
SETH BERKLEY New vaccines are being developed all the time, which could save many more lives and dramatically imp...
SETH BERKLEY Measles is probably the best argument for why there needs to be global health, and why we have to th...
SETH BERKLEY The return on investment in global health is tremendous, and the biggest bang for the buck comes fro...
SETH BERKLEY Now, when you get a viral infection, what normally happens is it takes days or weeks for your body t...
SETH BERKLEY Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.
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