Imagining the world without us is a recipe for despair and paralysis. I actually think it's more helpful to imagine the world… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's hard to take everyday concerns seriously when you think about vanished ecosystems that existed 300 million years ago and were… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
The early Triassic was a period when the planet was recovering from the worst mass extinction it had ever known - that… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
Eventually, humans invented agriculture, which could be understood as a way of turning the natural world into a tool for our use.… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
think we're still stuck in that agricultural mindset, where we imagine that we can shape the Earth. Sure, we can do that.… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
There are definitely recurring themes in humanity's relationship with our environment. The biggest is probably adaptation, because humans are incredibly good at… — 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
