In the 1770s, the Royal Society in London was the premier scientific institution in the world, and the eighteenth century was ...

Is it wrong in principle to raise and kill animals so that human beings can eat meat and fish? Does it stop being wrong if the processes involved are carried out humanely? Eating animals is also ...

They say southern stargazers, odd-looking fish with eyes on top of their heads, can deliver an electric shock of up to 50 volts to ward off predators. The fish also have venomous spines above ...