WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
Epidemiologist Shanna Swan says low counts and changes to sexual development could endanger the human species. Swan offers advice on how to protect themselves from damaging chemicals and urges people to ‘do what we can to safeguard our fertility, the fate of mankind, …
What can be known about Perú’s pre-Incan civilisation? Chachapoya sarcophagi, Perú. Alamy. – By Brendan Sainsbury | Published in History Today Volume 71 Issue 2 February 2021 – Recent archaeological discoveries have shed new light on the history of Perú’s Chachapoya people. Until …
The newly announced funding will help universities make decades-old interviews widely available The Covid-19 pandemic has exacted a heavy toll on Native American communities. In this May 2020 image, Navajo elder Emerson Gorman (R) sits with his (L-R) daughter Naiyahnikai, wife Beverly and …
Daniel Zender – By Martha Crenshaw SOURCE: New York Times 2021 Feb 10 – Dr. Crenshaw, the author of Countering Terrorism, has been teaching and writing about political science and terrorism since 1972. She is a senior fellow emerita at the Center for …
The ugly message “Murder the media,” etched into a door of the Capitol by an angry mob of violent Trump supporters January 6, reflects the deep lack of trust in American journalism stoked by a demagogic President and his enablers over the last …
After composing and transcribing music for my wedding day, Red Baraat was born. Dave Sharma leads the baraat (wedding procession) on dhol, as I walk with my mother, family, and friends. August 27, 2005. (Photo courtesy of Sunny Jain) – By Sunny Jain …
Some 25,000 National Guard troops protected Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration due to fears of a far-right extremist attack. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images – Author: Luís De la Calle, Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and Associate Professor in …
Social Media disinformation graphic courtesy Brookings.Edu/techstream/how-disinformation-evolved-in-2020/ – Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Updated 2021 Jan 22 – (CNN Business) A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Donald Trump might …
Cape Town residents queued up for water as the taps nearly ran dry in 2018. Morgana Wingard/Getty Images – Author: Yadu Pokhrel, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University Contributor: Farshid Felfelani, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Michigan State University 2021 Jan …
A Trump supporter climbs scaffolding in an effort to breach the U.S. Capitol. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images – By Ani Kokobobo, Associate Professor of Russian Literature, University of Kansas 2021 Jan 13 – Nihilism was notably cited during U.S. Senate deliberations after …