We’re all lab rats for companies
A toxic stew of chemicals is brewing in our air, water and homes, yet their long-term effects are largely unknown, making us all guinea pigs and unknown participants in a “grand unnatural experiment,”...
View ArticleHumans mess up Mother Nature
Last winter was of long duration and very cold: the coldest for 100 years here in Ithaca. Much noise was made in the media of polar vortex. The leaking, frigid Arctic air normally bottled up over the...
View ArticleCold weather affects pets just like humans
The discovery of a cat found frozen to the ground beside a road in Old Chatham should be a wake-up call to all animal guardians to bring their cats and dogs inside (“A frozen feline avoids frosty end,”...
View ArticleWe have much in common with apes
“By explaining the smartness of animals either as a product of instinct or simple learning, we have kept human cognition on its pedestal under the guise of being scientific,” writes Frans de Waal in...
View Article‘Humanoids’ left to their devices
Sometime just recently, human beings became obsolete. This realization is not likely to make the news, but we have all experienced a subtle, albeit discernible, shift in the prevailing context that...
View ArticleOverpopulation hurts the Earth
Since the first Earth Day 46 years ago, we have made some progress in protecting our environment. Yet, the 7.3 billion inhabitants of our planet teeter on the brink of global devastation secondary to...
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