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Yellow-Crested Cockatoo Bird
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What Is Consciousness For? Sixteen Theories Take a Crack at the Question

It sounds like we do not really know what we are looking for, which will doubtless complicate efforts to find it. Read More ›
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Photo credit: David Clode via Unsplash.

What Do Animals Feel? And What About Babies?

With human babies, those who propose laws against cruelty suddenly enter a Cold Zone, at least compared to their feelings for crustaceans. Read More ›
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Photo: Black garden ants, by Katja Schulz from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Pushing Insect Welfare

Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it. Read More ›

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