Posted in nature, news on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Should apes have human rights?
By Tom Geoghegan
BBC News Magazine
Apes and humans have common ancestors but should they have the same rights? An international movement to give them “personhood” is gathering pace.
What would Aristotle make of it? More than 2,000 years after the Greek [...]
Posted in nature, news on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arctic sea ice melt ‘even faster
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BB News website
A widespread Arctic melt would have major impacts on wildlife
Arctic sea ice is melting even faster than last year, despite a cold winter.
Data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) shows that the year [...]
