WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
The top donor is challenging conventional wisdom about giving. Jorg Carstensen/dpa/AFP via Getty Images – By Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies, IUPUI Published: 2022 Mar 28 – MacKenzie Scott disclosed on 2022 Mar 23, that she had given US$3.9 billion …
The research found thefts from vehicles dropped by 50 percent in streets that introduced part-night lighting programs that switched off streetlights around midnight. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Mar 29 – When you pull your car up on a quiet residential street at …
Scientists have discovered microplastics in the human bloodstream for the first time, at concentrations equal to a teaspoon for every 1,000 liters of water. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Mar 24 – Scientists are continuing to uncover the true extent of our plastic …
Technology is changing the face of modern warfare – for good and bad. Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Mar 20 – Commercial drones, Airbnb donations, TikTok chronicles, deepfake propaganda, and trolling Russian soldiers through Tinder. The conflict in the Ukraine has precipitated new …
Shutterstock – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, Macquarie University And Gabriel Filippelli, Chancellor’s Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, IUPUI (Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis) – Published: 2022 Mar 15 – You …
By Curt Devine, Casey Tolan and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN Updated 2022 Mar 17 – (CNN) The sprawling billion-dollar palace that sits on a hilltop overlooking the Black Sea is seen by some Kremlin critics as the ultimate emblem of Russian President …
This image, presumably from a training prep run, shows one of the skydiving pilots approaching a nose-diving plane. Red Bull – By Loz Blain 2022 Mar 17 – Back in 2017, Red Bull filmed a pair of BASE-jumping wingsuit pilots jumping off a mountain …
Biosphere is being created for the Treehotel project in Sweden, which showcases several hotel rooms by some of Scandinavia’s most respected architects. BIG – By Adam Williams 2022 Mar 15 – The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has produced more than its fair share of …
An isolated tribe in the Bolivian Amazon was previously also found to have the healthiest arteries of any population ever studied. luq1/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2022 Mar 09 – Researchers working with remote indigenous populations in the Bolivian Amazon have found the communities …
The 1MDB swindle is one of the most remarkable cases to hit New York’s justice system in years – but the trial poses a number of unanswered questions. Witness Timothy Leissner points out former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng in Brooklyn federal court …
