WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
Something people today have in common with civilizations past: a love of music. peepo/E+ via Getty Images – By Laura Dallman, Lecturer in Music History, University of Florida Published: 2022 Oct 10 – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. …
Myaamia Heritage Program students get a lesson from Daryl Baldwin, executive director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Scott Kissell, Miami University, CC BY-ND – By Daryl Wade Baldwin, Executive Director, Myaamia Center, Miami University Published: 2022 Oct 07 …
A man walks across his land on the Navajo Nation to receive his monthly water delivery. Roughly one-third of Navajo homes lack piped water. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images As the climate crisis chokes Arizona and New Mexico, tribal regions often lack natural resources …
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, our Homo sapiens ancestors shared the landscape with multiple other hominins. The Washington Post via Getty Images – By Joshua Akey, Professor at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University – Published: 2022 Oct 07 – …
A new study provides “firm” evidence that dogs can detect the smell of stress. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Sep 28 – Having been domesticated many thousands of years ago, dogs have evolved to become highly attuned to human behavior, but a study …
On the left is a baby happily responding to the sweet taste of carrot and on the right is a baby grimacing at the bitter taste of kale. FETAP (Fetal Taste Preferences) Study, Fetal and Neonatal Research Lab, Durham University – By Rich Haridy …
Pope Francis on his three-day trip to Kazakhstan in September 2022. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko – By J. Eugene Clay, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University Published: 2022 Sep 20 – Pope Francis spent three days in Kazakhstan, starting 2022 Sep 13, …
Ethical and equitable scientific collaboration could help increase the genetic diversity of genomic data. gmast3r/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Hailiang Huang, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard University – Published: 2022 Sep 12 – Mental illness is a growing public health problem. …
The gut microbiome may also play a role in personalized medicine. nopparit/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Taichi A. Suzuki, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Microbiome Science, Max Planck Institute for Biology And Ruth Ley, Director, Department of Microbiome Science, Max Planck Institute …
Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers and hiring military security to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences. Time to bunker down… if you’ve got the cash. Photograph: Terravivos/Observer Design – Douglas Rushkoff …