There are definitely recurring themes in humanity's relationship with our environment. The biggest is probably adaptation, because humans are incredibly good at adapting to new environments in relatively short periods of time. The ancestors of Homo sapiens started leaving Africa… — 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
“Plus, it was made by Zaxy, the company behind Smartifex, Brillicent, and other popular work enhancement drugs.” — Annalee Newitz Copy Share
That said, a lot of people buy products with "green" in the brand name, but make no attempt to understand what it would really… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share
“Every master loves to fuck a slave. It is a law of nature, or maybe culture.” — Annalee Newitz Copy Share
