Annalee Newitz

Fifty years ago, historians advised politicians and policy-makers. They helped chart the future of nations by helping leaders learn from past mistakes in history. But then something changed, and we began making decisions based on economic principles rather than historical ones. The results were catastrophic.

American Journalist

Salim Akil

No matter how happy and peaceful you can be at a certain time, you always have this - at least, I do - paranoia or catastrophic thought that even now that I have all this peace and quiet, what's the next challenge? What's coming next? On a very human level, I think most people can identify with that.

Henry Rollins

In Israel, there's a lot to learn from anyone, because to live there you've got to deal with the truth. Things happen real fast. Your day goes from cool to catastrophic in one second. Israelis know that the cafe you're in could blow up, or the shopping mall, and they rock that.

American Musician

Jello Biafra

I've been to enough other countries in the world to know what happens when you have socialized single-payer health care. It works. People don't get sick as much. They don't lose their life savings with a catastrophic illness like cancer or AIDS.

Hoda Kotb

Ten Years Later' is about the journey six extraordinary people take with time. Each has experienced a game-changing event - perhaps a life-threatening illness or a catastrophic personal loss.

Lois Lowry

Gathering Blue' was a separate book. I wanted to explore what a society might become after a catastrophic world event. Only at the end did I realize I could make it connect to 'The Giver.

American Writer

Marlo Thomas

As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.

American Actress

Miriam Margolyes

I don't think people realise how important it is to have your blood pressure checked. Stroke is so sudden, so catastrophic.

English Actress

David Ignatius

The value of catastrophic events is that they can help people face up to problems that are otherwise impossible to address.

James Nesbitt

In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.

Irish Actor

Use 'catastrophic' to describe events that have large-scale, severe effects, like earthquakes.

Disaster Scale

Carries a negative connotation, implying a situation is beyond mere damage and is extremely dire.

Negative Tone

'Catastrophic' is rarely used for small, personal issues, unless exaggerated for humor.

Not Personal

Emphasizes complete failure or loss, suggesting no aspect of success or redemption.

Total Failure

Communicates an extreme level of disappointment or inadequacy in an outcome.

Emphatic Disappointment

In medical contexts, indicates a serious condition with lasting impacts on health.

Medical Seriousness

Suggests a health event from which full recovery is unlikely or impossible.

Non-recoverable Health

 from the mundane to the catastrophic. But differences in air pressure do more than just let us complain about the weather; they're the very reason we're alive. We breathe by lowering the pressure in our lungs, allowing air to rush in. So the next time you take a deep breath, think of the unfathomable number of air molecules

How heavy is air? - Dan...

 you are still deeply sad, but you're functioning a little better, it's probably grief, and it will probably ultimately resolve itself in some measure. If you experience a catastrophic loss, and you feel terrible, and six months later you can barely function at all, then it's probably a depression that was triggered

Depression, the secret...

 the least explored of the big forests of the world congo basin mainly really because it's pretty hard to work there because the political situation is somewhere between bad and catastrophic i went there to photograph our closest relative the bonobo and it's kind of absurd how little we know about it

Sex and Fruit: The Sweet...

 Without wildfires to rejuvenate trees, key forest species would disappear, and so would the many creatures that depend on them. And if a fire-dependent forest goes too long without burning, that raises the risk of a catastrophic blaze, which could destroy a forest completely,

Why certain naturally...

 can lead to catastrophic effects all over the world. How can such a small measurable change in one factor lead to massive and unpredictable changes in other factors? The answer lies in the concept of a mathematical tipping point,

Is our climate headed...

 It is your life-support system, and it is Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality. And the decimation of sleep throughout industrialized nations is having a catastrophic impact on our health, our wellness,

Sleep is your superpower...

 succeed our future is not going to be bright either if we don't help them to become constructive productive members of the new societies it is going to be catastrophic waste of talent and

My plan to help refugees...

 Or can we, through a combination of imagination and common sense and courage find a way to manage this rivalry without a war nobody wants, and everybody knows would be catastrophic?

Is war between China and...

 and the catastrophic destruction of a planet. Now, I admit that this would produce a lot of dust that we don't observe. But if we're already invoking aliens in this explanation,

The most mysterious star...

 And having eyes on the side of your head, so that you can't see directly forward, can be catastrophic.