From metaphors for our behavior to demonstrations of our superior status, we use animals to help define ourselves.

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

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As has been well-documented, Alan Alexander Milne created Winnie-the-Pooh to amuse his young son, Christopher Robin. An only child, the boy received a stuffed bear for his first birthday. The family ...

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Shankland's award-winning interdisciplinary book examines our dominance of and affection for animals and how empathy toward ...

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Researchers have found a way to control protein levels inside different tissues of a whole, living animal for the first time. The method lets scientists dial protein levels up or down with great ...