WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
Bees are crucial pollinators for many crops, as well as producers of honey. Allagash Brewing/Flickr Creative Commons – By Jennie L. Durant, Research Affiliate in Human Ecology, University of California, Davis Published: 2026 May 26 – America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a …
Simon van de Passe’s 1616 engraving of Pocahontas is the only known portrait made during her lifetime. National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia Commons – By Peter C. Mancall, Distinguished Professor and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and …
Customers browse the fresh produce at a Wilkes-Barre, Pa., farmers market in June 2025. Jason Ardan/The Citizens’ Voice via Getty Images – By Bret R. Shaw, Professor of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison Published: 2026 May 14 – People who shop at the …
Rice paddies are essential to lives and livelihoods in many parts of Asia. Jingting Zhang – By Hanqin Tian, Director and Institute Professor, Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability, Boston College And by Jingting Zhang, Research Scientist at the Center for …
Each person’s body has a different sweet spot for weight that it tries to maintain. By Kim Pfotenhauer, Assistant Dean for Clerkship Education and Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University Published: 2026 May 22 – For decades, people have been told that …
Losses in workplace productivity account for more than 90% of the estimate. aire images/Moment via Getty Images – By Bruce Y. Lee, Professor of Health Policy and Management, City University of New York And by Hannah Dimmick, Postdoctoral Researcher in Public Health, CUNY Graduate …
Jebel Barkal mesa and the archaeological site at its base in the Nile Valley. Sami Elamin – By Geoff Emberling, Research Scientist in Archaeology, University of Michigan Published: 2026 May 19 – When I first became co-director of an archaeological project at Jebel …
Tarot readings can encourage self-reflection. But what happens when you turn to AI to interpret the cards? Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Sally Hansen – By Ziv Epstein, Postdoctoral Associate, Schwarzman College of Computing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) And by Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, …
A pregnant mother with untreated syphilis can pass it to the unborn fetus. Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images – By Casey Pinto, Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, Penn State Published: 2026 May 01 – Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by …
How do babies learn language? Irene Zaccari, CC BY-NC-ND – By Naja Ferjan Ramírez, Research Scientist, University of Washington Published: 2016 Apr 15 – Any adult who has attempted to learn a foreign language can attest to how difficult and confusing it can be. …
