Dogs have been working as “therapists” for us for a long time now. Since the 1970s, they have been going into nursing homes, assisted living centers, children’s hospitals, and prisons to help lift spirits and provide nonjudgmental companionship. Recently, they have even been sent into combat zones: in 2007, two Labrador retrievers were shipped to [...]
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What Whales Contemplate
Seems there’s a rising singing sensation who’s getting a lot of press lately. He hails from Australia. Well, actually, from off the coast of Australia — way off. From beneath the ocean. He’s a humpback whale. Earlier this month, an article published in the journal Current Biology stated that after an eleven-year study, researchers in [...]
