Evolution
AMNH Hosts Margaret Mead Film Festival This Weekend
Just because the online science community is falling apart does not mean that anthropology and science have stopped happening in the real world.
Anthropology in Practice
Exploring the human condition.
A match meant to be? Social media and sports
In 2010 one of the questions sports organizations were wrestling with was whether they should allow their players to tweet. That question is far from defined, but it’s becoming clear that social media has an important role to play within the sport community...
Why Facebook Users Are Probably Not Committing “Virtual Suicide” in Droves
Do you have a friend who has sworn off Facebook? Not taking a break, but someone who has completely severed ties with the online social networking platform and the connections it houses?...
Fitness
Burger with a side of toys: How is fast food being marketed to children?
What does the marketing of fast-food options tell us—and more importantly, our children—about the foods they are consuming?
The Psychology of Sexting
For those of us old enough to remember the deluge of “A/S/L?” messages that predominated the chatroom landscape of the nineties, sexting hardly seems that scandalous.
Evolution
How Our Love Affair With Reality Television Created Megalodon
Why is it so hard for us to separate fact from fiction in the media?
Digital Hydra: The Rise of the Couple Profile on Facebook
In Greek mythology, the Hydra was a dangerous water serpent with many heads. Its breath was allegedly poisonous, and for every head you cut off two more would grow in its place.
Culture
What troubles us about unfaithful politicians?
History is littered with private indiscretions made public—some have just been more public than others: It is believed the Leonardo da Vinci was a passionate instructor to his students; one in particular remained in da Vinci’s favor for 26 years...
Mind & Brain
Don’t read the comments! (Why do we read the online comments when we know they’ll be bad?)
One of the best things about the web is that it allows people to share ideas across boundaries. Right at this very moment, there could be someone from Saudi Arabia and Peru and Australia reading this article—and as a writer that is immensely cool...
Mind & Brain
Don't read the comments! (Why do we read the online comments when we know they'll be bad?)
One of the best things about the web is that it allows people to share ideas across boundaries. Right at this very moment, there could be someone from Saudi Arabia and Peru and Australia reading this article—and as a writer that is immensely cool...
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