Word: extinctionism
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Religious dissidents have also suf fered. So far this year, 45 Evangelical Baptists have been arrested, including three prominent pastors. The Christian Committee for the Defense of Believers in the U.S.S.R. has been slated for extinction by the KGB. The committee's founder, the Rev. Gleb Yakunin, an Orthodox...
Perhaps Carl Sagan's strongest message in his efforts to bring science to the people is this: Science is the true language of the present and of the future. Only a small fraction of this planet's populace, however, can speak the language. The most significant question facing...
Perhaps the ultimate protection against species extinction is what the San Diego scientists call their Frozen Zoo. More than just a sperm bank, it is a repository of fibroblast cells taken from the connective tissue of hundreds of exotic wild animals, ranging from Sumatran tigers to Uganda's pygmy...
The discovery of dinosaurs in the nineteenth century provided, or so it appeared, a quintessential case for the negative correlation of size and smarts. With their pea brains and giant bodies, dinosaurs became a symbol of lumbering stupidity. Their extinction seemed only to confirm their flawed design.
Don Erickson, Dial's editor, disagrees. "For years the Government has granted tax advantages to organizations that use their profits for socially useful purposes," says he. "And public television serves a useful purpose." Nonprofit publications are exempt from most taxes and save up to 50% on postal rates -a...