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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

10,000 Birds

She lives part-time in Uruguay and is co-director of the Fiction Meets Science program at the University of Bremen, Germany, which seeks to bridge the “two cultures” of science and literature. And, given the complicated questions of morality inherent in various parts of her story, she has the perfect (and perfectly ambiguous) ending.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

In 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that irradiating half the meat and poultry consumed in the United States would mean 900,000 fewer cases of food-borne illness and 350 fewer deaths each year. Coli Shows Flaws in Ground Beef Inspection System ” (front page, Oct. 4): Your article about E.