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University of Iowa Animal Lab Goes Underground

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million for an underground vivarium that will house University of Iowa animal research laboratories. The 35,000-square-foot facility would connect the Medical Education Research Facility and Carver Biomedical Research Building on the west side of campus. Poor, poor long-suffering animal researchers.

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What are the Costs of Changing Bird Names?

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An op-ed in the Washington Post by Gabriel Foley and Jordan Rutter is a fine summary of the arguments, and there is a good background article at Birdwatching magazine. The most comprehensive articulation of the movement to change honorific names is at BirdNamesForBirds and on Twitter ( #BirdNamesforBirds ).

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