Yuppie Obama Edition

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2010 Blue whales are changing their tune, medieval trial-by-floating-or-drowning turns out to have been shockingly accurate, and President Obama may have trouble with working people because he's so damned upwardly mobile -- all this and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: Body Scammer Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2010 Respect for elders is universal among primates, Mona Lisa had high cholesterol and guess who's getting rich off those invasive body scanners? All this and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Global Warming on the Move

Staff / Truthdig Dec 26, 2009 A new study says that global warming is on the move at the pace of a quarter of a mile each year, a seemingly minor shift that could have major consequences for plant and animal species that cannot easily adapt to rising temperatures. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Larry’s List: Gay Animals Edition

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2009 Today on the list: the power of same-sex liaisons, poetry in the Bible and more. Update Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Lab-Grown Pig Even Vegetarians Can Eat

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2009 Dutch scientists are doing their bit to address the food crisis, the climate crisis and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals by growing pork meat from muscle cells harvested from a live pig. Their hope is to turn the cells from one animal into the meat from a million without killing any. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

On Reflection, Pigs Are Smart

Staff / Truthdig Nov 10, 2009 With all the bad press that pigs have been getting of late, owing to the swine flu scourge, it's good to see that an academic journal, Animal Behaviour, has given our porcine friends a PR boost in the form of a study that shows pigs know how to identify themselves, and explore their surroundings, using mirrors. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Daffy Ducks Peck at Corrupt Politicians

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2009 By far the best thing to come out of Britain's expenses scandal is this video series of ducks lampooning the shenanigans of elected officials. It's part of a campaign to bring an open primary to the U.K., but forget the politics and enjoy the poultry. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Glenn Beck the Frog Killer?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2009 Yes, a frog. An innocent amphibian caught in the crossfire (or was it?). It turns out that crazy+television may not be dangerous just to humans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Onion Puts the Bite on PETA for Being Beastly to Women

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2009 It's feminists versus animal lovers in this Onion advocacy sendup. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Vick Signs With the Eagles

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2009 Disgraced quarterback Michael Vick, formerly of the Atlanta Falcons, has found a new job with the Philadelphia Eagles. It seems that the once-superstar athlete, jailed for two years for his involvement in a dog-fighting circuit, will be back in the NFL, much to the dismay of animal rights activists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Marines Practice Battlefield Medicine on Live Pigs

BLANK Aug 10, 2009 The L Times sets the scene: "Two enlisted Marines are kneeling on the ground, quickly stuffing gauze into a gaping wound in a pig's belly to stop the bleeding An officer, just inches from its snout, monitors its breathing and keeps the pig's thick tongue from blocking the airway At the other end of the 150-pound swine, a Marine corporal has inserted a thermometer into its anus". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kitten of the Sea

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2009 The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) recently announced that they've gone insane. Of course, that isn't exactly how they worded it. What they say on their Web site, www.peta.org, is that from now on we should all refer to fish as "sea kittens." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )