Word: speciesism
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But keeping the peace in the waiting room may be contributing to one of the most troubling issues facing medicine today. Worldwide, overuse of antibiotics is increasing the resistance of bacteria to drugs, leading to stubborn, virulent infections that are invulnerable to almost everything doctors can throw at them. Already...
The archaeological record suggests that a particular style of stone tool might have been used for a hundred thousand years without revision or modification during the first two million years of our history. For Westerners who see their technology and gadgets superseded on what can feel like a weekly basis...
In many cases decided 5 to 4 or 6 to 3, the pragmatic O'Connor was a swing vote, so how would having Roberts replace her affect the court's chemistry? He's not likely to simply take her place, says Lee Epstein, a co-author of an upcoming Supreme...
As for the play bow, his guess that it meant more than just "Let's play" turned out to be correct. "It says, 'I want to play with you' but also 'I'm sorry I bit you so hard' or 'I'm going to bite you hard, but don't...
Meanwhile, dishonesty is punished across all canid species. "I know coyotes best," says Bekoff. "Coyotes will signal play and then try to fight or mate with others, but if they do that enough, they can't get other animals to play." Does that behavior rise to the level of ethics...