Annalee Newitz's discussions

Sorry, but THAT was where I lost you? Not the part where I compared a piece of Mormon fantasy to pornography? Read more

Yeah we actually had a ton of guests. We covered science and science fiction. Read more

I still like her. She does a good "I am angry with a sword" face. Not everybody can pull that off. Read more

Esther, I keep imagining you doing research for this post, and saying to yourself, "Hmm . . . why don't I google on 'killing gummy bears'?" Read more

That is true from the candy perspective. But from the perspective of this experiment, I don't think there is much difference. Read more

Well, it looks pretty alive on the live feed. I think there was a baby that died, but the other panda is alive and well. Read more

Fixed. Read more

I was wondering that myself. Read more

Fair enough. Sure, Apple aren't depending on it. They are merely benefiting from it. Which allows them to focus on things other than security. Make of that what you will. Read more

Still, the complaining is fun. Read more

It was a CYBERcardigan. Read more

C'mon now. The komodo dragon bit was super realistic. :) Read more

Plenty of nerds are not into it. I definitely didn't say ALL geeks like kink. Just a sizable minority — more sizable than in the general population. Read more

Nothing hotter than a little hobbit/elf action. Wait, did I write that out loud? Read more

Though hearing about your interest in this researcher's nuts is fascinating, I'm curious what exactly you think is wrong with the methodology? What would have been a better approach? Read more

I think they were made by Abby someone . . . Abby Normal? Read more

What is a "true" hangover? Is that different from a pseudo-hangover? Read more

I love that illustration of a "normal joint" so much. I've been waiting for a chance to use it. Read more

The terraforming plot, and the secret army that Vickers has stashed on the ship, make a lot more sense to me. Read more

Just so that this conversation makes sense, I want to confirm that the sentence EdSaid is quoting above was in the original post. It has been edited to read "To prevent women from having to rely on public assistance, abortions should be made more widely available." That is closer to what I meant, and I think may help… Read more