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
GMO agriculture will probably save the world in this century. But in the developed world, where few people are haunted by the… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
It's only a slight exaggeration to say we haven't progressed much beyond the invention of agriculture when it comes to our view… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
Using virtual world, a scientist in Japan can conduct an experiment using a special facility in California, watching the entire thing via… — 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… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
I don't know if most people have truly taken on board what this says about our place in the natural world. It… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
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
Some time ago we discovered the carbon cycle - a long-term set of chemical reactions that govern climates based on how much… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
I disagree that we need to contemplate eliminating ourselves in order to move forward. Sure, I think a good dystopian story can… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
It's only been in the past two generations that we truly understood the impact our civilization has had on the natural world.… — 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
“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
