Browsing: Anthropology

Sports don’t survive their cultures of origin if they resist modern measurement.

When I was invited to drum in Ghana, I gladly accepted. Then something went wrong.

What you should know about your body’s biggest organ.

At long-term nuclear repositories in Finland and Sweden, waste will be ensconced in cast-iron inserts (right), which are then placed in copper canisters (left).Posiva Oy This is part 2 of Vincent Ialenti’s report on how how to think about nuclear waste in the environment over the very long term. Also see part 1, which ran […]

I felt the impact of an attack by the terrorist group. So why didn’t my research data?

Traditional performers at the 2007 Mt. Hagen Cultural Show in Papua New GuineaIan @ ThePaperboy When people think of religions, they tend to turn to of the big five: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Although these are the most popular religions in the world, they are a minuscule sample of the thousands of religions […]

Kim Stanley Robinson imagines our future.

For Aboriginal cultures, light is a physical and spiritual guide.

Taking lessons from the rise and fall of divinity in online games.

A search for humankind’s mark on the Earth.