[ednite]

Love the title, and great article.

This might be a total tangent, but every time I see “newts”, I think about how Karel Capek actually coined the word robot in his 1920 play R.U.R., and then later gave us War with the Newts...really smart amphibians. Thanks for sharing.

[rossant]

As a French person, it's the first time I see this word. My brain can't help but parse the title as "death news".

[ednite]

I can understand why. You rarely see newts mentioned, even though they’re biologically fascinating. Maybe it’s just because people mistake them for another kind of lizard.

[the_af]

The War with the Newts is fascinating. An indictment of mankind told with dark humor...