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Saturn’s major rings have a diameter of 170,000 miles (270,000 km), yet their thickness does not exceed 330 feet (100 metres).

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An Open Letter to the University of Wisconsin-Madison

In ghoulish experiments now being conducted at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 20 infant macaques are permanently removed from their mothers on their first day of life and kept in an incubator box for roughly six weeks with only a stuffed “surrogate” for comfort. Twenty additional mother-raised primates act as the control group. During the experiments the baby monkeys are repeatedly subjected to tests intended to trigger terror and anxiety, including live snakes and unfamiliar “human intruders.” Before the monkeys are 18 months old, the researchers will kill all 40 monkeys and dissect their brains. Read More

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Alain has been writing a weekly interview column for the Italian newspaper La Stampa since 1989. His interviews celebrate some of the best known and successful personalities of the present day. Learn More

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