The complicated engines manufactured by men demand, if one really wants to use them, much calm. Ever since our love for machines… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
As long as we are a single-planet species, we are vulnerable to extinction by a planetwide catastrophe, natural or self-induced. Once we… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
The future. Space travel, or cosmology. Alternate universes. Time travel. Robots. Marvelous inventions. Immortality. Catastrophes. Aliens. Superman. Other dimensions. Inner space, or… — Kate Wilhelm Copy Share Image
The fear of climatic catastrophes is an ancient one and not unlike our fear of strangers. In the past, people believed that… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
The Earth has been lawned with life for something over 3.5 billion years. That's a span of time great enough to encompass… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
50-100 years from now we are all going to be eating a plant based diet. Whether that happens through a catastrophe or… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
I just saw Titanic, which is a $200 million film about a real-life disaster at sea, but according to Hollywood Logic, none… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
It seemed to him that in Annawadi, fortunes derived not just from what people did, or how well they did it, but… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
Five centuries from now - barring unimaginable catastrophe - the moon will be developed real estate. There's economic incentive to exploit the… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Time is running out fast. I think we have maybe a few months -- it could be weeks, it could be days… — Willem Buiter Copy Share Image
Urban farming appeals to people on the right and the left. People have different reasons for getting into it. Some people are… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
“It is incontrovertible that the First World War was a catastrophe for Europe. It remains hard to see, however, by what means… — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Threats that could wipe out the bulk of life on earth abound. Planetary catastrophe could come in the form of a killer… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
'Human history, ' H.G. Wells once wrote, 'becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.' You and I cannot be… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Life, it turns out, goes on. There is no cosmic rule that grants you immunity from the details just because you have… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
