Citizen science at heart of new study showing COVID-19 seismic noise reduction
Credit: Reprinted with permission from T. Lecocq et al., Science 10.1126/science.abd2438 (2020). Research published in the journal Science, using a ...
Tag: Anthropology
Big brains and dexterous hands
Credit: Karin Isler, ZOOM Erlebniswelt, Gelsenkirchen People are very skilled with their hands, but take a very long time to ...
Can social unrest, riot dynamics be modeled?
Exploring episodes of social unrest and rioting, discovering a way to model its spreadCredit: Sergio Rica Mery WASHINGTON, July 21, ...
Climate-friendly Cooling Could Cut Years of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Save US$ Trillions: UN
As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are critical to reaching Paris Agreement goals; ...
Beautyberry leaf extract restores drug’s power to fight ‘superbug’
A compound from a common shrub boosts an antibiotic's activity against antibiotic-resistant staph bacteriaCredit: Tharanga Samarakoon Scientists discovered a compound ...
For chimpanzees, salt and pepper hair not a marker of old age
New GW study finds there is significant variation in how chimpanzees experience pigment lossCredit: Ian C. Gilby WASHINGTON (July 14, ...
Running in Tarahumara culture
Long distance runnersCredit: Lieberman, Daniel E. "Running in Tarahumara (Rarámuri) Culture," just published in Current Anthropology (v61, no. 3 (June ...
Global e-waste surging: Up 21% in 5 years
A record 53.6 million tons (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in 2019, the weight of 350 cruise ships the ...
Uganda’s Ik are not unbelievably selfish and mean
Small ethnic group is cooperative and generous, contrary to 1972 book portrayalCredit: Cathryn Townsend The Ik, a small ethnic group ...
Beyond Singapore’s bicentennial
We need to do more than reminiscence historyCredit: World Scientific "This is a timely publication, which commenced as Singapore was ...
The new architecture of science: Learning from graphene
The unique design of the National Graphene Institute (NGI) in Manchester, UK sheds light on the new generation of 21st ...
More than ‘Just Another (Chinese) City’
Architectural professor describes urban resilience as a critical study of developmentCredit: Eunice Seng How then does one write the spatial ...
Tropical disease in medieval Europe revises the history of a pathogen related to syphilis
Genomic analysis of plague victims from a mass burial in Lithuania identifies a medieval woman who was also infected with ...
Learning from history to fight against COVID-19
Grant awarded to MU researchers looks for similarities, differences between 1918 flu pandemic and COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Image courtesy of The ...
On the hunt for megafauna in North America
Credit: Curtin University, Mike Bunce Research from Curtin University has found that pre-historic climate change does not explain the extinction ...
Information technology played key role in growth of ancient civilizations
Credit: WSU When it comes to the great civilizations of human history, the pen really might have been mightier than ...
Migration patterns reveal an Eden for ancient humans and animals
Credit: N/A Pinnacle Point, a series of archaeological sites that overlook a now submerged section of South Africa's coastline and ...
Scientists identify chemicals in noxious weed that ‘disarm’ deadly bacteria
Triterpenoid acids pack a punch against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusCredit: Emory University Scientists have identified specific compounds from the Brazilian peppertree ...
Comedy club performances provide insights on how robots, humans connect via humor
Credit: Johanna Carson, OSU College of Engineering CORVALLIS, Ore. - Standup comedian Jon the Robot likes to tell his audiences ...
Voluntary collective isolation is best response to COVID-19 for indigenous populations
Chapman University-Led study shows researchers collaborating with tribal leadership and government to develop and implement a COVID-19 prevention planCredit: Tsimane ...