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The Cow Goes Tweet?

I’ll admit it. I’ve anthropomorphized a time or two. In any creative profession, it’s an easy fix to ascribe a like mind to an object or creature. It helps make old stories new again or create a more compelling interpersonal narrative where one doesn’t naturally exist (see: Cars, WALL-E, Toy Story, the entire Looney Toons [...]

For all you do, thank you.

Thank you, mice, for helping scientists discover microRNA treatments for liver cancer. Thank you, sheep, for giving us a better model for understanding neonatal immunology. (PDF) Thank you, transgenic monkeys, for promising leads in the prevention and treatment of Huntington’s disease. Thank you, hogs, cattle, chickens, sheep and others, for efficiently feeding our nation and [...]