Today on the radio, there was a story about the invention of an artificial womb that will hopefully allow premature babies to survive at a much higher rate than they do now. Instead of putting a premature baby into an incubator, they would basically put the baby into a plastic bag filled with liquid--not air--and pump in the nutrients, mimicking the womb. They said that would be better than incubators because at this stage of the baby’s development, air actually damages the l

CHECK IT OUT! "Love + Radio," a podcast distributed by NPR, has released an interview with 600 Million Dogs president Alex Pacheco discussing the Silver Springs Monkey Case, which is widely considered to have launched the animal rights movement in the United States. Ingird Newkirk and Pacheco co-founded People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in 1980. Pacheco was chairman of PETA from 1980-2000. Animal advocates, please be forewarned that portions of this program will mak