Word: speciesism
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Q&A You're so opinionated - why aren't you more political? I'm very naive about politics. I thought Clinton was going to be the best President ever, and he was a huge disappointment. I do think Bush is a decent guy you'd happily go to a ball...
Regardless of anyone's stance on abortion, one fact has become clear, as you stated: "No matter what the species, nature uses virtually the same nails and screws, the same hammers and power tools to put an embryo together." With this knowledge under our belt, it is irresponsible if not...
The film's vast scope ranges from the snowy, unspoiled peaks of Middle-earth (shot in various New Zealand locales) to the city of Isengard (a composite of models and computer-generated imagery), which is destroyed--spectacularly--by a brigade of towering, treelike creatures known as Ents. Meanwhile, the hobbit...
In the long run, wild-fish stocks may face an even greater threat from captive fish escaping and competing with or consuming native fish, or cross-breeding with them and diluting the genes that have helped them survive. Fish escapes are common: nets are ripped open by predators or storms...
The Chinese, who have been farming fish for 2,000 years, pioneered a method in which nothing is wasted. Farmers dig ponds around rice paddies and feed carp in the ponds with weeds from the rice field. The silt from the ponds is used as fertilizer for the fields, and...