Anthropology

4 Reasons Communes May Make A Comeback

As lifestyles in the UK have become more stressful and pressurized, people have started to look at alternative ways to live. Some are now seeking out more of a community feel to their home lives, exploring the option of joining an “intentional community”. ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 21 2018 - 7:00am

Three New Ancient Primates Identified From 46 Million Years Ago- In San Diego

Three new species of fossil primates have been named, residents of San Diego County from a time when southern California was filled with lush tropical forests. The three previously unknown omomyoid primates lived 42 million to 46 million years ago. The res ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2018 - 1:03pm

Teen Dating Violence: Girls Are More Likely To Attack Than Boys

Though sexual assault and dating violence in the academic and cultural world focuses most heavily on men, among teens there are more Asia Argento's than Twitter recognizes. In recent findings, 5.8 percent of boys and 4.2 percent of girls said they had ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2018 - 12:53pm

'Boys Will Be Boys'? No, Adolescence Is A 20th Century Invention

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s actions as a teenager are at the center of a public firestorm. “I’ve been really troubled by the excuse offered by too many that this was a high school incident, and ‘boys will be boys,’ said Sen. Chris Coons during ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 27 2018 - 4:13pm

Capitalism Has Been Conquered- Here Is Why Workers Should Take It Back

In the early days of industrial capitalism there were no protections for workers, and industrialists took their profits with little heed to anyone else. Following the growth of the labour movement, the establishment of trade unions and the founding of the ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 9 2018 - 9:00am

Accidents Aren't The Greatest Gun Worry For Youths- Male Violence Is

Anti-gun proponents like to produce headlines showing a young child accidentally shot another family member with a pistol, but that kind of cultural framing may be doing more harm than good, because a new study reaffirms what most gun owners knew: Gun harm ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 30 2018 - 4:24pm

Ancient Andeans Modified Wild Tubers Into Potatoes, Then The Potatoes Modified Them Back

Recent DNA analyses show that ancient populations in the Peruvian highlands adapted wild tubers into potatoes- and then those potatoes in turn modified them in ways distinct from other global populations. Potatoes are native to South America and became an ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 9 2018 - 12:05pm

How Anti-Science Activists Manipulate Twitter- And How You Can Help Science Fight Back

There is a reason that environmental groups and other anti-science activists out-earn the pro-science non-profit world by 1000X, and that reason is emotion. See a scientist be emotional or aggressive in defending their work and any number of people, includ ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 27 2018 - 4:33pm

Gone With The Wind Is The Most Successful Movie Of All Time, But The Wizard Of Oz Is Most 'Influential'

There's no question "Gone With The Wind" is the most successful movie of all time, when you count tickets sold, but it's not the most influential. Nor is "Star Wars." A network analysis instead shows that title goes to "T ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 30 2018 - 3:31pm

Silent Night: The Story Of The Carol That Led To The Christmas Truce Of 1914

Few Christmas carols evoke the season of peace and goodwill as readily as Silent Night. Two popular stories contribute to its appeal: one concerning the circumstances of its composition in Oberndorf, near Salzburg in Austria, and the other its role in the ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 24 2018 - 8:00am