Word: speciesism
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Boyce's account of the Aborigines' doom in an appendix deserves a separate book. His chief focus remains a vivid recreation of the lives of the convicts who adapted so creatively to the Australian landscape. Though they, and not the free settlers who arrived later, were the founders of Tasmania...
Only four to 10 percent of Americans are vegetarian, but two thirds have a pet, and polls tell us that most of these people consider their pets to be family members, and many even say they’d die for their pets. And while fewer than 13 million Americans...
As the Writer’s Guild of America settled their strike with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers two weeks ago, millions around the country rejoiced at the prospect of new episodes of their favorite shows finally returning to television. But no one heaved a larger sigh...
So credit two scrupulous professors for making the case that skittish politicians won't. In their new book, Embryo: A Defense of Human Life, Princeton's Robert George and the University of South Carolina's Christopher Tollefsen argue for treating the embryo as inviolable. Their defense, less theological than biological...
Plague lives in many rodent species, and is most often transferred to humans by the animals' fleas. Scientists know which regions of the world harbor infected animals, but they are only just beginning to understand the dynamics of plague infection. Its spread depends not just on Yersinia pestis but also...