Annalee Newitz's discussions

I think they were, yeah. Read more

OK I put in a request for 4X — hopefully we can do that! Read more

Addendum to point number 3: If they don't have some kind of cool machine, it is permissible for them to be parkour experts. Read more

I know what you're getting at, but it's not accurate. During the Quaternary (human time) the Arctic Ocean has always had regions of open water, especially in summer. And as others have pointed out, it has been completely open water during other geological periods. Read more

Ack! What is wrong with Spock's hair? The fluffy bangs are freaking me out. Read more

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Yes! The whole "shooting the monitor" scene is so key. Read more

Yes! And the things shining across their face should be swirly numbers and letters and maybe a formula somebody remembered from calculus. Read more

Hey I'm all 1337, all the time. Read more

This is super helpful — thanks! Read more

Sold. Against my better judgement, I continue to be madly and inexplicably in love with basically all the guys in this movie. Except James Franco. Yuck. Read more

I dunno — I thought it kept giving us good stuff. The time travel arc was pretty awesome. And I liked when they gained new powers, like gender switching. That was another great arc. Read more

A thousand times yes! I love how that show can pack like 50 plot twists into one episode. Read more

OK fixing. Read more

Yeah I thought about including BSG, but as Nivenus said, it isn't really an escapist series. I didn't include Breaking Bad for the same reason. Read more

Yeah, I agree that the evidence is VERY thin. However, I remain fascinated by the idea that our microbiomes do a lot more than we previously realized. Read more

What other TV series would you recommend? This list is by no means complete. Read more

Fat does raise the level of the bacteria, which the researchers observed leading to obesity in mice. It may also be connected to obesity-related conditions such as hypertension. Read more

When did a bacterium stop being a microbe? I'm serious — if it did, then I will change the article. Read more

As far as I know, there are no limitations. Except for Newfoundland. Nobody mails there. j/k Read more