The case against owning pets
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 Are you better off than you were four years ago? NBC News · Shannon Pettypiece The question was made famous years ago by Ronald Reagan.  |
 A death row prisoner’s parting interview themarshallproject.org · Maurice Chammah Days before his scheduled execution, Ramiro Gonzales speaks on faith, legacy — and apologizing to the family of his victim, Bridget Townsend.  The frogs of Puerto Rico have a warning for us Vox · Benji Jones Scientists are finally listening to the island’s iconic coquis, and they have a lot to say.  Autism added to growing list of things we’ve inherited from Neanderthals newatlas.com · Paul McClure The hypothesis is not that Neanderthals gave humans autism but that they gave us some of the gene tweaks that lead to higher susceptibility. |
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 Faces made of living skin make robots smile BBC News · Michelle Roberts Scientists have found a way to attach living skin to robot faces for more realistic smiles and expressions.  The case against pets TIME · Jessica Pierce More than one billion animals are kept as pets around the world. Is this fair to them, and is there another way?  An acquired taste Eater · AC Lamberty “After going on hormone replacement therapies, my taste began to change — but that effect wasn’t purely biological.”  The anxious history of the American summer camp Atlas Obscura · Ashley Stimpson The annual rite of passage has always been more about the ambivalence of adults than the amusement of children.  Don’t stop the music thedial.world · Jessi Jezewska Stevens As Europe seems to be falling apart, Vienna dances on.  In an industry of conformity, Questlove remains a hip-hop iconoclast NPR · Rodney Carmichael “I’m in the lion’s den,” Questlove blurts out, before I can ask the first question, with a laugh that confirms he’s being eaten alive online. |
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