10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The magnificent history and diversity of birds on Earth came into sharper focus this month with the publication of 28 new scientific papers in Science and other journals. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert). Tyrannosaurus rex didn’t exist yet.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Regardless of what we choose to eat, doing so will reduce our dietary carbon footprint by half because “about half of the food produced in the United States is thrown away.” 2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. Toney Union, N.J.,

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

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. Unfortunately, irradiated meat and poultry can’t be found on store shelves. Larry Katzenstein Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.,

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