Plants exchange signals and respond to some stimuli. Don't leap to the conclusion that this means they can feel or think.

Brazil is a big exporter of frozen chicken, and 1/5 of it is infested with salmonella.

The EU should blacklist Brazil until its infestation rate gets down to the achievable level? I doubt it will do so, but why not? Is it only lack of moral commitment, or is there some legal obstacle?

I wonder if some business-supremacy treaties forbid this.

Can anyone suggest who to ask?

California now has a law requiring bots to identify themselves as such when used for advertising or electioneering.

I think this is a good idea, but I wonder whether enforcing the law will prove difficult.

Contrasting codes of conduct and accusations with trying to be kind to other people.

An interview with Manual Zelaya, who was president of Honduras until the coup that appears to have been approved by Hilary Clinton.