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29.3 ANIMAL MINDS: WHAT DO THEY THINK? The Asteroid That Made a Mouse Into a Man • A Look Into the Mind’s Eye • Bird Brainpower: Investigating the Remarkable Minds of Crows • When Dolphins Network • Skeptic Interviews Frans de Waal • The Lost Bird: the Great Auk • Can Eating Meat Be Ethical? • Do Animals Have the Same Rights as Humans? • When Our Best Friend Becomes Our Worst Enemy: The Story of American Bully XL Attacks and the Campaign That Banned the Breed in Britain • Would You Kill a Goat to Save a Tortoise? Morality, Science, and Animal Rights • Insects on the Menu: Separating Fact from Fiction • The Waning of Scientific Innovation • Known Knowns: A Review of Informatica and Knowing What We Know


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ANIMAL MINDS: WHAT DO THEY THINK?

The Asteroid That Made a Mouse Into a Man • A Look Into the Mind’s Eye • Bird Brainpower: Investigating the Remarkable Minds of Crows • When Dolphins Network • Skeptic Interviews Frans de Waal • The Lost Bird: the Great Auk • Can Eating Meat Be Ethical? • Do Animals Have the Same Rights as Humans? • When Our Best Friend Becomes Our Worst Enemy: The Story of American Bully XL Attacks and the Campaign That Banned the Breed in Britain • Would You Kill a Goat to Save a Tortoise? Morality, Science, and Animal Rights • Insects on the Menu: Separating Fact from Fiction • The Waning of Scientific Innovation • Known Knowns: A Review of Informatica and Knowing What We Know
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