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The little things a restaurant does to show customers its love can go a long wayespecially at the end of a meal. Of all the aspects of the restaurant experience, paying the bill is probably the least fun. Aside from the whole how-to-split-a-check quandary , there's also a chance for an establishment to be totally obnoxious.

Have you ever had the sneaking suspicion that the red snapper on your plate may actually be another kind of fish entirely?

More than 70% of the world's fisheries are currently being harvested at capacity or are in decline, but fish are also delicious and quite good for you. What's a conscientious diner to do? The conventional wisdom has always been to avoid big fish at the top of the food chain--marlins, sharks, and tuna, for example--and focus on little fish, like sardines and anchovies, which have shorter lives and can reproduce more quickly.

By Daniel Cressey of Nature magazine Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages, according to a new analysis. Fish ranching -- where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught -- could one day become a significant part of global fisheries, fitting between traditional catching and aquaculture, says Bj

Socialism, Ja or No? Our special report on Norway [" Ja, Socialism ," February ], the socialist Northern European country in which taxes are sky high but entrepreneurs are thriving, sparked a contentious online debate. The story, by Inc.