Eventually, humans invented agriculture, which could be understood as a way of turning the natural world into a tool for our use. There's evidence that we have been domesticating crops and animals for at least 15,000 years, adapting ecosystems to… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
There are plenty of publicly-funded organizations and nonprofits that are trying to develop GMO crops that could help feed people in developing nations by producing disease-resistant or drought-resistant strains of staple crops like cassava or bananas. — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
“She wasn’t sure which motivation made better fuel for innovation: naïve but ethical beliefs, or the need to survive.” — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
Humans are a great survivor species but our survival will be pretty grim if all of the plants and animals we depend on die… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
Amphibians are dying out like crazy, and frogs and salamanders may be largely extinct by the end of the twenty-first century. Imagine an animal… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
“It didn’t just boost your concentration. It made you enjoy work. You couldn’t wait to get back to the keyboard, the breadboard, the gesture… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
Survivor species tend to have huge populations, so they can afford to lose many individuals and still survive as a species. They also tend… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
In fact, the early demographer Thomas Malthus believes that the only way the human population would ever check itself was by running headlong into… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
Obviously it depends on how you define a word like "evolution," because of course we have been evolving - both biologically and culturally -… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
I try to be realistic and pragmatic. I have a lot of hope for humanity as a species, but obviously as individuals we can… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
The fact is that humans have been shaping the genetics of what they eat for thousands of years. Genetic engineering simply speeds up the… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
In terms of fiction, there are a number of writers who are thinking about the future of the environment whose work complements mine. Kim… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
“As UC Berkeley economics professor Brad DeLong put it to me: You get famine if the price of food spikes far beyond that of… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
