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Consciousness may be millions of years old, fueled by primal brain circuits rather than the human cortex alone.

Justin Gregg offers a playful deep dive into anthropomorphism—our tendency to humanize the nonhuman—that will appeal to ...

The Torah calls them nefesh chaya — “a living soul.” And if there is a soul, then there is spirituality. Maybe we simply have not learned to notice it. Today, people are talking more and more about a ...

CNN Hero Tim Woodward co-founded Animal Rescue Corps, a nonprofit that works with law enforcement to remove dogs, cats, and other animals from large-scale cruelty and neglect situations. The ...

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