The 2 controversial Soviet scientists of whom you've never heard: Animal testing is part and parcel of medical progress but where should one draw the line? Wherever you think it is, it's fair to say ...

When Sputnik 2's canine passenger (nicknamed "Muttnik" by the media) hit orbit, the Soviet Union grabbed the ... author of "The Pawprints of History: Dogs and the Course of Human Events." ...

With this sort of information at hand, we could identify definitively for instance, the precise composition of Laika the famous Soviet space dog as part Husky (or possibly Samoyed) and part terrier.