Word: speciesism
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An international team of scientists has discovered more than 17,000 species living in the darkness some three miles beneath the surface of the world's oceans. The findings were inventoried as part of the upcoming global Census of Marine Life. Oceanographers say thousands more species are yet to be...
“We are so young as a species on this earth,” she said. “We’re in the process of growing up, and part of that is realizing that we are not alone and there have been some elders who have...
In other words, loneliness is not so much a symptom of being companionless as it is a driving force behind social isolation. Rather than simply reflecting the emotional state of one person, Cacioppo says, loneliness is more like an indicator of the social health of our species on the whole...
That's an important measure, he says, because we are, by nature, a social species; we feed off our interactions with one another and thrive when we are inspired, challenged and supported by one another. While occasional feelings of isolation are perfectly natural and normal, the new study suggests that...
See "Saving the World's Endangered Species."