“I founded io9 back in 2008, and I watched it journey from the farthest...” — Annalee Newitz Quote

“I founded io9 back in 2008, and I watched it journey from the farthest reaches of space to its current home under this atmosphere bubble on Ceres.”

“Humans have obviously contributed a great deal of carbon to the atmosphere. So we are warming the planet up.”

“Reader was by far the most popular feed reader out there, and its user base had been in a steep decline for two years before Google decided to shut it down.”

“Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.”

“It may well be said that the answer to the question: Of what do the cosmic rays in fact consist before they produce their familiar secondary radiation phenomena in the earth's atmosphere? can only be obtained from numerous measurements in the stratosphere.”

“I think Yandex is something in between two different cultures. One originated from the old Soviet culture of the scientific institute. It was a free atmosphere of scientists, maybe too free because nobody cared about making money. Another origin is something close to what you usually see in California startups.”