Annalee Newitz's discussions

Just pretend it is GIANT. That's pretty much what I do with everything. Except maybe my cats. That would be wrong. Read more

Remember, these women confessed how they felt in private interviews with women they knew were sympathetic to what they'd gone through. They also didn't feel ONLY relief. It was one of many things they felt. Read more

No. Republicans have been trying to use scientific studies to justify the idea that women are harmed by abortion. Read more

Apparently a lot of women in the study did say that disapproval from their communities was a big reason why they felt bad. But that wasn't the only reason. Read more

Sorry that was my mistake, not Max's — I wrote the headline. Fixed. Read more

It's not a complete list. Those are all good additions! Read more

OK, then! I love a good hive mind future. Read more

Love that book so much. Not so much about evolution as it is about dystopia. Read more

That's about extinction, not evolution. Read more

I'm sure you don't have enough "expertise" to talk about the future. Unlike, say, a philosopher. Heh. Read more

This is depressing. Read more

Seriously, no. I grew up in the suburbs and there were plenty of single people — both men and women. Read more

I'm all about the prosthetic arm. Read more

I don't think that's the message at all. It's just a representation of how your state would vote (remember, the electoral college is what makes a state red or blue) based on white male votes. So there is probably a lot of diversity in white male voting at the state level that gets erased here. All you need is a… Read more

Are you Q? Read more

The pistol purse is actually not very different from the one gadget that Q gives to Bond in Skyfall. Read more

Kid's name is Tran. Pretty sure he's Vietnamese. And yes, it would be great to get back to the Kevin Tran Superprophet plot. Read more

Yuck. I will try to find another one. Here is one that's free and is basically the same as Raven's Progressive Matrices. Sorry about that. http://iqtest.dk/main.swf Read more

Maybe you should take a page from Tyson's book and not base your comments purely on the stereotypes you've picked up on that bandwagon? Read more