by Carol Thompson American’s favorite butterfly, the monarch, is declining in numbers, and the blame is being placed on biotechnology conglomerate Monsanto, the manufacturer of the weed killer Roundup. The number of monarchs reaching Mexico...
by Carol Thompson Late last month, Uber Technologies and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) released a report claiming that the app-activated ridesharing service is reducing the number of drunk driving accidents among young people, however, Pro Publica, an...
by James O’Connor The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is expected to propose regulating Internet service like a public utility. Also expected is that the move will unleash much debate and lobbying. Chairman Tom Wheeler will seek a “Title II”...
by Carol Thompson In a “state of the university” address posted online Jan. 30, University of Virginia president Teresa A. Sullivan spoke about the Rolling Stone’s controversial, and now discredited, “Jackie” rape story. “Before the...
by Carol Thompson Should baby monkeys be used in maternal-deprivation experiments? That was the question before Congress Tuesday as those concerned spoke to whether the experiments carried out at the Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, part of the...
