WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
A film about a comet hurtling towards Earth and no one is doing anything about it? Sounds exactly like the climate crisis. ‘The Earth system is breaking down now with breathtaking speed.’ Photograph: Niko Tavernise/Netflix/PA – By Peter Kalmus Last modified on 2021 …
Amenhotep I ‘unwrapped’ digitally by Cairo scientists, revealing details from his grave jewellery to his teeth. The sarcophagus of Amenhotep I, who ruled Egypt between roughly 1525 and 1504 BC. Photograph: De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images – By Mark Brown Last modified on …
Amid the pandemic, confetti fell on an almost-empty Times Square last New Year’s Eve. AP Photo/Craig Ruttle – By Miriamne Ara Krummel, Professor of English, University of Dayton 2021 Dec 23 – On Dec. 31, people from cultures all around the world will …
In 2019, the body of a man fell from a passenger plane into a garden in south London. Who was he? A plane lowers its undercarriage as it descends for landing at London Heathrow airport. Photograph: Avpics/Alamy – By Sirin Kale Last modified …
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. – By Katie Hunt, CNN Updated 2021 Dec 22 – The human story — where we come from and how we evolved — …
The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. As in all fascist movements, contemporary forces have found a popular leader unconstrained by the rules of democracy, this time in the figure of Donald Trump. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images – …
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. In Sweden, the Christmas star has a yellow bill, a furious temper, and no pants. Shaka/CC BY-SA 2.0 IT – By Natasha Frost 2017 Dec 22 – Every country has its own festive holiday traditions. Austrian children …
A page from the Quran. ~crystalina~, CC BY – By Asma Afsaruddin, Professor of Islamic Studies and former Chairperson, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University 2017 Jun 15 – Editor’s note: A conservative grassroots organization, ACT for America, organized a …
Opportunism and cowardice has more than sufficed to make Republicans espouse a noxious falsehood as an axiomatic truth. Police push back at pro-Trump mob after they stormed the Capitol building on 6 January. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images – By Lawrence Douglas Last modified …
Chaco Canyon National Historical Park, Managed by the National Park Service. – By Richard Moe 2021 Dec 12 – Richard Moe is the former president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and board member of the Conservation Lands Foundation. – When President …
