SeaWorld Says It Will End Breeding of Killer Whales “The company has 29 orcas: 11 in San Diego; seven in Orlando, Fla.; five in San Antonio; and six in Loro Parque, on Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands. It does not plan to release the killer whales into the…
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The United Fruit Company Pablo Neruda When the trumpet sounded, it was all prepared on the earth, the Jehovah parcelled out the earth to Coca Cola, Inc., Anaconda, Ford Motors, and other entities: The Fruit Company, Inc. reserved for itself the most succulent, the central coast of my own land,…
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In ‘Half Earth,’ E.O. Wilson Calls for a Grand Retreat “And what I say is that to save biodiversity, we need to set aside about half the earth’s surface as a natural reserve. I’m not suggesting we have one hemisphere for humans and the other for the rest of life.…
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Three Stabbed at Ku Klux Klan Rally in Southern California, Anaheim “Sergeant Wyatt said Klansmen stabbed three protesters, including one who was stabbed with “the decorative end of a flagpole” and rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition. The banner attached to the pole may have been a Confederate…
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Wrong Turn: Biologist Rupert Sheldrake On How Science Lost Its Way, The Sun “This is a core question: How do things take their forms? Whether we’re talking about a plant, an animal, an atom, or a galaxy, they all seem to organize themselves spontaneously. Unlike machines, which are assembled by…
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‘Human Sacrifice’: Debating Football’s Future Ken Stabler, a Magnetic N.F.L. Star, Was Sapped of Spirit by C.T.E. Joe Montana details post-NFL injury woes: ‘I can’t really run or do much’ Roger Goodell Insists Football Is Safe: ‘There’s Risk in Life’ Football, So Beautiful for Fans, Scars Players With Dementia (30)
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Greystone to publish The Hidden Life of Trees, which reveals the groundbreaking science behind the inner life of trees German Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Have Social Networks, Too “PRESENTING scientific research and his own observations in highly anthropomorphic terms, the matter-of-fact Mr. Wohlleben has delighted readers and talk-show audiences…
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