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Category: culture
Old Art Offers Agriculture Info – Scientific American
A biologist and an art historian have teamed up in search of old artworks that shed light on how fruits, vegetables, legumes, and grains have changed through selective breeding over time.
Sparrow Song Undergoes Key Change – Scientific American
A tweet goes viral across Canada.
Helping Kids Cope with COVID-19 Worries – Scientific American
How can parents help kids during quarantine?
Indigenous Amazonians Managed Valuable Plant Life – Scientific American
Tropical forests keep a record of the history and culture surrounding them.
Wasp Nests Help Date Aboriginal Art – Scientific American
By radiocarbon-dating the remains of mud wasp nests on ancient Aboriginal paintings in rock shelters in Western Australia, scientists were able to pinpoint when the art was created.
Industrial Revolution Pollution Found in Himalayan Glacier – Scientific American
The Industrial Revolution didn’t just pollute the cities where coal-powered mechanization took off a little more than 200 years ago. It also left its mark on the Himalayas, more than 6,000 miles away.
Neandertals Tooled Around with Clams – Scientific American
~50,000 years before modern humans stepped foot in what is now Italy, Neandertals were gathering clams from the Mediterranean and turning them into tools. My latest podcast for Scientific American.
Sign Languages Display Distinct Ancestries – Scientific American
Linguists studied the evolution and dispersal of sign languages using tools from evolutionary biology.
Linguists Hear An Accent Begin – Scientific American
The Antarctic winter was an ideal laboratory for linguists to study the very beginnings of accent formation.
Ick Factor Is High Hurdle for Recycled Drinking Water – Scientific American
The idea of drinking recycled water taps into people’s deep-seated sense of disgust.
Musical Note Perception Can Depend on Culture – Scientific American
Biology and culture influence how we perceive music. My latest for Scientific American’s 60-Second Science podcast.
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