Psychology explains how to win an Oscar
If you want to win an Oscar it is best to be an American actor in a film that portrays American culture.
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2017
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News tagged with american culture
New paper explores America's obession with Steve Jobs
A new paper in the International Journal of Communication investigates America's obsession with stories about celebrity CEO's like Steve Jobs, suggesting it says more about our culture than the man. The Steve Jobs movie, ...
Business
Oct 9, 2015
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Researchers find romantic kissing not nearly as universal as thought
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from Nevada State and Indiana Universities has found that romantic kissing is not nearly as ubiquitous as many have thought. In their paper published in American Anthropologist, the team ...
Don't freak if you can't solve a math problem that's gone viral
It's been quite a year for mathematics problems on the internet. In the last few months, three questions have been online everywhere, causing consternation and head-scratching and blowing the minds of adults worldwide as ...
Mathematics
Jun 25, 2015
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Is quality or cost more essential? The international cellphone market
As businesses move into international markets, they often do so with a "one size fits all" customer satisfaction strategy. But factors as basic as how consumers prioritize pricing and quality can differ sharply across cultures ...
Economics & Business
Apr 29, 2015
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New research explores how culture affects our conceptions of nature
Do we think of nature as something that we enjoy when we visit a national park and something we need to "preserve?" Or do we think of ourselves as a part of nature? A bird's nest is a part of nature, but what about a house?
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2014
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Oil boom produces jobs bonanza for archaeologists (Update)
Drilling crews are eager to plunge their equipment into the ground. Road builders are ready to start highway projects, and construction workers need to dig.
Archaeology
Jun 11, 2014
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Wuthnow finds resilience, opportunity in America's small towns
Small towns are home to about 10 percent of the U.S. population but continue to play an outsize role in American culture, according to Princeton sociologist Robert Wuthnow.
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2013
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Study rebuts hypothesis that comet attacks ended 9,000-year-old Clovis culture
(Phys.org)—Rebutting a speculative hypothesis that comet explosions changed Earth's climate sufficiently to end the Clovis culture in North America about 13,000 years ago, Sandia lead author Mark Boslough and researchers ...
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2013
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MIT anthropologist looks inside the growing world of do-it-yourself American cheese-makers
Crafting high-quality artisanal cheese is not complicated, but it's also not easy. Basically, heat a lot of milk, add bacterial cultures and enzymes to thicken it into a curd, drain it, salt it, and let it ferment and age. ...
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