At 5 a.m. on May 19th I awoke abruptly to a loud sound just outside the bedroom door. As the cobwebs cleared my mind, I realized I was hearing a whip-poor-will. Having heard whip-poor-wills only five ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Horse jockeys traditionally use whips to encourage acceleration and maintain the focus of the horse. However, applying excessive force or exceeding the permitted number of strikes ...