‘Stop, and Smell the Roses’: What birds teach us about stress and resilience
‘Stop, and Smell the Roses’: What birds teach us about stress and resilience
Next time you hear birds at dawn, remember that most of them have just burned through 10 percent of their body weight staying alive in the dark, and now they’re doing the obvious thing. Celebrating that they’re awake and refueling. Ask yourself: Where in your life are you waking up like a hummingbird and still expecting yourself to fly across an ocean? And then, instead of pushing harder, see if you can build one small, unglamorous stopover site this week. Enforce a boundary. Take a nap. Take a walk in nature. Have a conversation that doesn’t revolve around productivity. These are […]
The Price of Principle: Holding the National Institute of Health (NIH) accountable
The Price of Principle: Holding the National Institute of Health (NIH) accountable
In this episode of ‘Science From the Fringe’, host Bryce Nickels speaks with Anthony Bellotti, founder and president of the White Coat Waste Project, a government watchdog organization dedicated to exposing and ending taxpayer-funded animal experimentation. The conversation explores the ethical and scientific debates surrounding animal research, including whether taxpayer-funded animal experimentation is ever justified. Anthony also discusses and explains why the organization rejected the traditional playbook of the animal-rights movement in favor of a strategy focused on government accountability, taxpayer transparency, and bipartisan coalition-building. SCIENCE FROM THE FRINGE: In this episode of Science From the Fringe, host Bryce Nickels speaks […]
‘Tender is the Flesh’ : Questioning ethics and morality in a bleak dystopian world
‘Tender is the Flesh’ : Questioning ethics and morality in a bleak dystopian world
‘Tender Is the Flesh’, is a dystopian novel that presents a chilling vision of a world where cannibalism has become commonplace. Set in a future where animal meat has become poisonous to humans due to a virus, the novel explores the ethical and psychological ramifications of a society that has normalized, legalized, and commodified the consumption of human flesh. Marcos, an employee at a human slaughterhouse, grapples with the ethical implications of his work. MEDIUM: ‘Tender is the Flesh’ tells the story of Marcos, a man living in a world where it is legally okay to eat humans. After a virus swept […]
