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Trading high-fat food for carbs increases alertness during the day, a new study finds.
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Psychics use common sense and a few psychological principles to provide the illusion of accuracy. Continue reading →
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I really like this ScienceNOW account by Traci Watson of new work that has uncovered ancient DNA in deep-seafloor contexts: "Ancient DNA Found Hidden Below Sea Floor". The article covers two studies, including one looking at 11,400-year-old DNA from the abyssal plain, another comparing more ancient and recent Black Sea seafloor samples. The latter study may help to redate the last time the Black Sea basin was flooded from the Mediterranean:
One type of marine fungus, for example, first appeared
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This past Tuesday I had the pleasure of attending Anthony Bourdain’s Guts and Glory tour, his first live tour that consists of 75 minutes of fantastic food and travel rants. Throughout his expletive filled diatribe, he emphasized that food is the way to reach other cultures. Food is a primary way that people express their … Continue reading »
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Question of how it fights tooth decay has vexed scientists for more than five decades.
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Recently there has been a lot of bioanthropology buzz about sexual harassment and assault in “the field”, the diverse, global settings in which professional anthropologists of various types, and their students, do their research. This comes at present on the heels of a brief presentation at the recent American Association of Physical Anthropology (AAPA) 2013 meeting, in which a speaker presented results of a rather informal survey poll in which respondents reported various degrees of
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More and more these days, the media is full of stories of superfoods – usually fruits with high concentrations of antioxidants. The blueberry led the superfood charge, but has been left behind by newer and more exotic rivals, such as acai berries, goji berries and the yumberry.
But that doesn’t mean that the blueberry has lost its superfood credentials, or that blueberries are getting any less expensive to buy. Investing in one or two blueberry bushes now means that you can enjoy these
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Longtime readers of The Primate Diaries will certainly know the artwork of Nathaniel Gold. Ever since we encountered one another’s work in the spring of 2012 we have been collaborating on a fusion of art and science. But now Nathaniel has taken part in a collaboration that goes beyond species boundaries. By working with sanctuary [...]
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As recorded by Katie Langloh Parker (1897)From the Eulayhi people of northwestern New South Wales.Bahloo, the moon-man looked, down at the earth one night, when his light was shining quite brightly, to see if any one was moving. When the earth people were all asleep was the time he chose for playing with his three dogs. He called them dogs, but the earth people called them snakes, the death adder, the black snake, and the tiger snake.As he looked down on to the earth, with
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I’m pleased to be able to announce here that in around October this year, the Department of Archaeology at Flinders University will be offering a fully online open course (OOC) in archaeology. The topic differs from many other introductory topics in archaeology though, because we focus on telling the story of archaeologists in contemporary Australian [...]
