Climate Change Causing Smaller Animals

October 18, 2011 | ISSUE 47•42

According to researchers, warmer, drier climates are leading to smaller animals, which may disrupt the food chain. What do you think?

I think it’s a little premature to say this isn’t just part of the earth’s natural animal-size cycles.

Jake Dewey
Forge Helper
Fine by me. I've been wanting to own a flushable shark for ages.

Dorothy Catlin
Grief Counsellor
I'm still going to yell at the polar bears in the zoo to lose some weight.

John Farwell
End Stapler

Catholic Orgs Sue Over Birth-Control Rule

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Several Catholic institutions, including Notre Dame, are suing the federal government over the Obama administration’s birth control funding mandate.
Posthumously-Conceived Children Get No Benefits

05.22.12 | ISSUE 48•21

The Supreme Court ruled that a set of twins conceived with frozen sperm through in vitro fertilization 18 months after the father's death are not eligible for Social Security survivor benefits.
Karzai Thanks U.S. Taxpayers For Covering Cost Of War

05.22.12 | ISSUE 48•21

In an address given during the NATO summit in Chicago, Afghan president Hamid Karzai thanked the people of the United States for bearing the cost of the war.
Study Logs 2,000 Wrongful Convictions

05.21.12 | ISSUE 48•21

A new database assembled by two universities has identified more than 2,000 wrongful convictions overturned in the last 23 years, at an average of 11 years each.
Donna Summer Dead

05.21.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Donna Summer, singer of such disco anthems as "Last Dance" and "Love To Love You Baby," died at the age of 63.