What’s on the Menu? Food and Culture on the International Space Station
In honor of Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, learn about the intersection of food and culture in space from NASA astronaut…
Culture
Archaeologists Discover Innovative Stone-Age Culture in China – Well-Preserved 40,000-Year-Old Paleolithic Site
A well-preserved Paleolithic site in northern China reveals a new and previously unidentified set of cultural innovations. The discovery of a new culture suggests processes…
Challenging “Rule Breakers” – Children Will Confront Their Peers, but How They Do So Varies Across Cultures
Led by the University of Plymouth, UK, and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, the study analyzed the behavior of 376 children aged five to eight from…
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Dùndúns: “Talking Drums” Shown to Accurately Mimic Speech Patterns
Analysis demonstrates the value of studying non-western cultures to bring important new insights to mainstream musicology and linguistics. Musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and Eric…
Streetonomics: Quantifying a City’s Cultural Values Using Street Names
A city’s street names can provide a glimpse into its cultural value system and a way to quantify cultural indicators, according to a study published…
Archaeologists Use AI for Modern Analysis of Rock Art
Machine Learning Opens New Doors in Archaeology Rock art of human figures created over thousands of years in Arnhem Land has been put through a…
Sound Quality Comparison: 3D-Printed vs. Traditional Musical Instruments
Investigators in China created a functioning 3D-printed ukulele and used acoustics to compare its sound quality to a standard wooden instrument. Music is an art,…
Queen Elizabeth I Identified As Author of 16th Century Tacitus’ Annals Translation
A new article in the Review of English Studies argues that a manuscript translation of Tacitus’s Annales, completed in the late sixteenth century and preserved…
6,500 Year-Old Human Remains Point to Origin of Ancient Culture
Skeletons buried in Israel’s Upper Galilee reveal migration from ancient Turkey and Iran, TAU researchers say. An international team of researchers from Tel Aviv University,…
New Linguistic Analyses Dates Dravidian Language Family
The origin of the Dravidian language family, consisting of about 80 varieties spoken by 220 million people across southern and central India and surrounding countries,…
Diagnostic Tests Undercut Surveillance Abilities of Health Officials
Some new diagnostic tests for foodborne pathogens like Salmonella, Campylobacter and Escherichia coli hinder the ability of public health officials to detect outbreaks. The problem…
Amazonian Tribe’s Head Shapes Explained
Evolution is fueled by environmental factors, like climate, or geography. Cultural factors can play their part as well in the form of traditions and behaviors…
