Category: Culture & Ethics
In Early Reviews, Catching a Glimpse of "War on Humans" Theme in Upcoming Planet of the Apes Film
The series has always specialized in melancholy reflections on issues of the day, going back to the 1968 opener with its shocking climax.
New York Times: When Politics Gets in the Way of Science
We continually see unscientific assertions among the Times‘s own writers about a simple matter easily discerned from any embryology textbook.
Great Apes Cannot Be Slaves
The words we use matter.
Now, Apes Will Join the War on Humans
The new Planet of the Apes movie sounds like a midsummer night’s dream for biologist Eric Pianka, known for musings about what might prove lovable about an ebola pandemic.
When the Metaphor of Comparing Humans to Animals Fails
The vast gap between humans and animals, much as our culture and our science deny it, is underlined once again by this terrible story.