News tagged with national culture
Scientists illuminate the ancient history of circumarctic peoples
Two studies led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and National Geographic's Genographic Project reveal new information about the migration patterns of the first humans to settle the Americas. The studies identify ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 17, 2012 |
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Monogamy reduces major social problems of polygamist cultures: study
In cultures that permit men to take multiple wives, the intra-sexual competition that occurs causes greater levels of crime, violence, poverty and gender inequality than in societies that institutionalize and practice monogamous ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Older is better for hunting dogs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Older dogs and male dogs are better hunting companions than younger dogs and female dogs says the author of a new study on the hunting ability and nutritional status of domestic dogs in lowland ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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US tech firms lead list of best multinational workplaces
US technology companies, led by Microsoft, topped a league table of the world's 25 best multinational workplaces released Thursday by a New York-based human resources consultancy.
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Caltech engineers build smart petri dish
The cameras in our cell phones have dramatically changed the way we share the special moments in our lives, making photographs instantly available to friends and family. Now, the imaging sensor chips that ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Research on Siamese twins demonstrates how paradox of American identity played out in bodies of Chang and Eng
Cultural scholar Cynthia Wu has spent years studying Chang and Eng Bunker, a pair of Asian-born, co-joined, entrepreneurial, self-promoting "human marvels." "The Bunker twins," she says, "have served for more than 100 years ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Multiple fathers prevalent in Amazonian cultures
In modern culture, it is not considered socially acceptable for married people to have extramarital sexual partners. However, in some Amazonian cultures, extramarital sexual affairs were common, and people believed that when ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Cultural research may be misleading
Making assumptions about culture based on existing research that scores countries according to various dimensions may be a flawed process, according to two academics from The University of Queensland Business School.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Professor explores Two-Spirit literature in Northwest native groups
Western culture's grappling with homosexuality and alternate genders isn't strictly limited to the United States, but is also prevalent in many Native American and native Alaskan groups -- or native nations. That issue is ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Foot binding and a biological approach to the study of Chinese culture
(PhysOrg.com) -- Exaptation is a familiar concept to evolutionary biologists. It's the basic idea explaining that a trait can evolve because it starts serving a different function. Think of birds: at first, the most important ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Naturally occurring lipid blocks RSV infection in lungs
Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered that a naturally occurring lipid in the lung can prevent RSV infection and inhibit spread of the virus after an infection is established. RSV is the major cause of hospitalization ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Altruism: Genetic or Cultural Evolution?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The origins of altruism, the willingness to make personal sacrifices for the benefit of others often unknown to us, has perplexed evolutionary social scientists and biologists for years.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Self-sacrifice among strangers has more to do with nurture than nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Socially learned behavior and belief are much better candidates than genetics to explain the self-sacrificing behavior we see among strangers in societies, from soldiers to blood donors to ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2009 |
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A breath of fresh air could improve drug toxicity screening
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has developed an innovative way to culture liver cells for drug toxicity screening. In a report to be published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Tiny ancient shells point to earliest fashion trend
Shell beads newly unearthed from four sites in Morocco confirm early humans were consistently wearing and potentially trading symbolic jewellery as early as 80,000 years ago. These beads add significantly to similar finds ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 27, 2009 |
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