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When facing the executioner, some people are remorseful, some defiant, some courageous, while others even try humour in their final message to the world.

Is there any place for intelligent design or creationism in science classrooms?

The new Nat Geo Wild program features an exotic pet vet in Deerfield Beach who regularly derides exotic pet owners while collecting checks from them. Florida exotic pet owners, find a new vet.

Some of the words of politicians are among the most erudite of all sayings. But some others are banal nonsense. This is my selection of the most memorable of all political quotes, jokes and analyses

What is Scientology, and why is it so controversial?

Sociological research demonstrates that when whites are exposed to the Confederate flag, it causes them to react more negatively toward blacks.

Orca whales are the world's largest alpha predator....so why do we continue to treat them like attractions?

Some Christians believe that if donations are made to religious causes God will reward the donor with wealth, health, and happiness. There are several people ready and willing to encourage folk in that belief and relieve themselves of the burden of extra wealth.

So many people have Conceptual-Reality Undifferention Disorder (CRUD) that it needs its own entry in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Cognitive Disorders.

Chocolate bars have a dark, often untold story of human trafficking and child slavery. Cocoa plantations on the Ivory Coast use unpaid child labor to harvest the cocoa beans, often employing tactics such as physical abuse by overseers on plantations in West Africa.

On June 20, 2018, Woolworths Supermarkets will stop issuing single-use plastic shopping bags. Coles Supermarkets - Australia's largest private employer - will follow suit on July 1. Are the retail arch rivals really concerned about the planet; or just their profit?

In the summer of 1946 twelve year old Muriel Drinkwater took a short cut through the woods and was brutally murdered. Labelled 'The Red Riding Hood Murder' it has remained an unsolved crime.

This article provides a list of some of the most notorious serial killers in the history of the United States. Body counts weren't emphasized in this story, instead the infamous nature of these dastardly criminals.

In a democracy like the United States, privacy does not truly exist anymore due to our willingness to give away personal information through social media, the distribution and eventual misuse of this data, and the clandestine surveillance of the government through our use of technology.

Why do people put down wild animals in captivity while being perfectly fine with domesticated animals in human control? Are domesticated animals really that different from exotic animals?

This article delves into the idea that maybe eating meat is not unethical (depending on the situation), but the processing the meat goes through is, since it employs disreputable methods such as keeping the livestock in small spaces and not allowing the animals to be free at all.