This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. These are questions that Ptolemy Tompkins ponders in ‘The Divine Life of ...

There’s a parasite in your brain. It’s eaten through most of your neural tissue, causing your brain to lose the majority of its functioning. Your doctors collaborate with a group of engineers to build ...

There were two ways to go on the night before the vet went about his merciful-but-awful-and-oh-so-sad work on my family’s dog, my dog, Kiu, and I hated both of them. One was to cry and shy away from ...

Recently, during his regular weekly address at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Pope Francis declared that all animals go to heaven. He made this statement while trying to comfort a boy who was ...

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