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By Mark Pierce
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The bond between humans and dogs is one of the oldest stories in anthropology. It may also be a cautionary tale for other animals, though the organic, holistic, free-range, ayurvedic, shade-tree grown dog food is probably pretty good.A new study of bones recovered from Gough’s Cave and Pınarbaşı says we may have>
“I have lost D’Artagnan, in whom I had every confidence,” wrote King Louis XIV to his Queen Consort, Maria Theresa of Spain, after he received news that his right-hand man, Charles de Batz de Castelmore, the Earl of Artagnan, was killed during the siege of Maastricht in the summer of 1673.D’Artagnan would>
Running a pro-science nonprofit is a poor business model. Especially compared to lawyer groups like Environmental Working Group or rich deniers like Greenpeace.'Your food is safe' is a terrible call to action but 'evil chemical corporations are killing you' gets the money rolling in - even though the former is true>
A single figure graces the pages of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work On the Origin of Species, first published in 1859. The figure in question depicts a tree-like sequence of branchings through time as hypothetical lineages diverge and new species arise. To be sure, the metaphor of a tree was important>
The Posthumous Memoir of Ignaz VenetzThis memoir was published by the Swiss Natural Sciences Society, shortly after the death of Ignaz Venetz, to honor his great contribution to science.For background information, please see part 1 of this article -The Posthumous Memoir Of Ignaz Venetz and Ignaz Venetz>
The decision to jettison the controversial approach to dying known as the Liverpool Care Pathway was "too extreme" given that its principles were considered by proponents as the best examples of palliative care in the world, argues a senior ethicist in the Journal of Medical Ethics.>
