(Phys.org) -- Bucket lists are more than goals or accomplishments a person wants to achieve before dying. They are also a way for people to discuss death -- even though most of us probably would rather avoid doing so, according ...
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2012
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Tiny beads may act as minimally invasive glucose sensors for a variety of applications in cell culture systems and tissue engineering
Engineering
May 18, 2012
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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 ...
Archaeology
May 17, 2012
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This week, as tens of millions of Americans awaited the baseball season's first pitches, Brown University psychologist Fiery Cushman was watching more warily for the first beanballs. As someone who studies moral judgment, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There was a time when everyone living in Michigan grew up speaking the native language of the area's indigenous people. Now less than 10 people born in the state are fluent, yet more than 2,700 people "like" ...
Other
Feb 21, 2012
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Digital technology is coming to the rescue of some of the world's most endangered languages. Linguists from National Geographic's Enduring Voices project who are racing to document and revitalize struggling languages are ...
Other
Feb 17, 2012
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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.
Business
Oct 28, 2011
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Conventional wisdom has long held that Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association, which advocated racial self-help and the unity of the African diaspora, grew out of the heady political and cultural environment ...
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2011
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Nearly 10,000 years ago, man's best friend provided protection and companionship - and an occasional meal. That's what researchers are saying after finding a bone fragment from what they are calling the earliest confirmed ...
Archaeology
Jan 19, 2011
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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 ...
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2010
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