Today’s zoos focus on conservation and education, and often host a population of rescued and endangered species who are cared for on site but not on display to zoo visitors, as part ofspecies survivaland repopulation programs. Many if not all zoos have had their dark histories, but those w...
Pre-trip reading always makes your time in a new place more interesting. Many books are set in Montreal, and reading them always makes me envision a wander around my city, reliving the characters in my mind. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Mordecai Richler. Richler’s great wit and...
This makes me fear that the FFRF is letting ideology and politics trump science (and as one of those liberal feminist atheists, I hate to have a reason to use the word “trump” in any form), or will censor any presentation on science on issues that do not toe the line with some a...
we all went to the Romford Royal Liberty instead. I applied for an apprenticeship in the RAF when I was 15, but failed the medical due to colour blindness. I continued in to the 6th form taking Pure Maths, Applied Maths, Physics and Chemistry. In the upper 6th form I dropped Chemistry...