Word: speciesism
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Xara, a female gorilla, reclines lazily in the tall grass, only centimeters away. Crouch down a bit and you can gaze directly into her astonishingly soulful eyes. Later, a dozen curious ring-tailed lemurs surround you; they're so close that some even reach out their small, dexterous hands to...
The most popular class at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade does not teach wannabe entrepreneurs the secrets of accounting or international law. Instead, Professor Li Zhiguo instructs his 1,600 students on a graver subject: manners. A line, he lectures, should be an orderly procession, not a rowdy scrum...
If humans are an ambitious species, it's clear we're not the only one. Many animals are known to signal their ambitious tendencies almost from birth. Even before wolf pups are weaned, they begin sorting themselves out into alphas and all the others. The alphas are quicker, more curious...
Settling Down First Donald Trump, now Roger Clinton -- are high-profile, freewheeling bachelors becoming an endangered species? The oft-delayed marriage of the President's brother to his girlfriend, Molly Martin, was to occur this Monday in Dallas. A First Nephew is due by the spring -- which made Roger's...
Harvard is perennially behind the curve, it seems. We still have finals in January. The administration only recently jumped on the study-abroad bandwagon. The women’s bathrooms still look vaguely temporary. But, perhaps most importantly, metrosexuality has only recently become ubiquitous among Harvard males. Hello? Can you...