Word: speciesism
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MATT RIDLEY Author of Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
--Shade-grown coffee is exactly what it says. Instead of clearing the forest, farmers plant the crop among the forest plants, thus saving the local ecosystem. Shade trees furnish habitats for birds, and the Atlanta Audubon Society has found that 90% fewer species are found in sun-grown coffee areas...
With my pith hat, khaki shorts and net I wander through the neglected jungles of comix-dom. Considered a "crackpot" by those few who even know that I am deep in-country, I hack away at the bush in search of the unknown and little-cared-for creatures that signal...
Bogart conceived the characters of her play as crows and ravens, bird species whose mating rituals are mirrored by those of the human characters in her play.
Does any of this absolutely require us to send people into space? Probably not. Nevertheless, humans will continue to fly into space, in part because our future plans for space exploration demands it. Dr. Norine Noonan, dean of the School of Math and Science at the College of Charleston, and...