WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
How did commemorating the Resurrection get tangled up with rabbits and eggs? H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images – Author Molly Jackson, Religion and Ethics Editor Interviewed Brent Landau, Lecturer in Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin Henry Bial, Professor of Theater …
Horses are an active part of life for the Lakota and many other Plains nations today. Jacquelyn Córdova/Northern Vision Productions – By William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder and by Yvette Running Horse Collin, Postdoctoral Researcher …
Our current methods of training and aligning intelligent AIs do not scale well into the future. Generated by Midjourney View gallery – 5 images – By Loz Blain 2023 Mar 31 – Forget the collapse of employment, forget the spam and misinformation, forget human …
Two-thirds of Euro/American jobs are set to change due to AI automation, and up to a quarter of all current work will be taken over by AIs, according to a bombshell report from analysts at Goldman Sachs. Here are the jobs that’ll be …
Hyperreal is developing exquisitely detailed “digital identities” that can be used in a range of projects – up to and including fully conversational AIs. Hyperreal – View gallery – 6 images – By Loz Blain 2023 Mar 26 – Motion capture guru Remington Scott …
Militaries are racing to develop weapons that could one day directly assault or disable human minds. We ignore this broader context at our peril. ‘The fight for our minds demands a comprehensive, long-term strategy.’ Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images – Opinion – TikTok By …
The entrance at the headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Germany. Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images – By Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross Published 2023 Mar 10 – Six adults were killed 2023 Mar 09, in Hamburg, …
Daylight saving time is back again – amid some controversy. billhagolan/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Beth Ann Malow, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Published: 2023 Mar 06 – As people in the U.S. prepare to set their clocks ahead …
UK researchers have investigated the origins of coulrophobia, or fear of clowns, with some surprising results Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2023 Mar 06 – Pennywise, Twisty, Wrinkles, Bozo, Krusty and Ronald McDonald. What do these names have in common? They’re all clowns, and, …
There’s growing evidence that vitamin D supplements can protect your brain from dementia. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Mar 01 – A new large-scale study has shown that warding off dementia early may be as simple for some as taking a vitamin D …
