WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
Indigenous patients who live in rural areas often have limited access to medical care. THE PALMER/E+ via Getty Images – By Allison Kelliher, Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of North Dakota Published: 2023 Feb 03 – Six and one-half …
Scientists have used an existing arthritis drug to rejuvenate the blood stem cells of elderly mice. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2023 Feb 05 – In what sounds like dystopian sci-fi, researchers have recently shown that infusions of youthful blood can improve the health …
Scientists have compared the smell sensitivity of modern and ancient humans. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2023 Jan 31 – Our ancestors probably didn’t smell good, but did they smell well? A new study has grown odor receptors from Neanderthals and Denisovans, and tested …
Black fugitives fleeing slavery on the Underground Railroad, Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Viola Franziska Müller, Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in history, University of Bonn Published: 2023 Jan 24 – For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential …
Killing of Manuel Esteban Páez Terán, who opposed training facility, is ‘unprecedented’ in history of environmental activism, experts say. Manuel Esteban Páez Terán. Photograph: Gabe Eisen – By Timothy Pratt in Atlanta Last modified on 2023 Jan 21 – Belkis Terán spoke with …
Research findings indicate smaller meals and eating less frequently are more important to losing weight than the time of day one eats. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2023 Jan 19 – A new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School …
A new study found six minutes of high intensity cycling was most effective at raising circulating levels of a brain protein associated with cognitive health. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2023 Jan 13 – Just six minutes of intense aerobic exercise a day could …
The 2,000-year-old inscription is among the earliest examples of words recorded in writing. The discovery of millennia-old runic writing is a ‘sensational’ find, say archaeologists. Photograph: Javad Parsa/NTB/AFP/Getty Images – AP in Copenhagen Last modified on 2023 Jan 17 – Archaeologists in Norway …
Recent research suggests plants may be able to learn and communicate. This really put me off my baked potato. Plant intelligence … salad seedlings being dug in at an allotment. Photograph: Betsie Van der Meer/Getty Images – By Emma Beddington Last modified on …
The Swedish geneticist on winning the Nobel prize, his laureate father and early man’s sensitive side. Svante Pääbo says becoming a Nobel laureate has been ‘a burden … but a pleasant burden’. Photograph: Jens Schlueter/Getty Images – By Kate Connolly in Leipzig 2023 …
