Tag: culture
Which cheek and how many? In France and beyond, a kiss...
Mathieu Avanzi, Sorbonne Université
In the English-speaking world, friends and family generally greet each other with a wave, handshake or hug, depending on their degree...
Cultural studies key to national security
Nicholas Tampio, Fordham University
After the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a commission formed to figure out why the attacks occurred. One of the culprits,...
What’s private depends on who you are and where you live
Richard Wilk, Indiana University
Citizens and policymakers around the world are grappling with how to limit companies’ use of data about individuals – and how...
Why science needs the humanities to solve climate change
Steven D. Allison, University of California, Irvine and Tyrus Miller, University of California, Irvine
Large wildfires in the Arctic and intense heat waves in Europe...
How where you’re born influences the person you become
Samuel Putnam, Bowdoin College and Masha A. Gartstein, Washington State University
As early as the fifth century, the Greek philosopher Thucydides contrasted the self-control and...
Why the Pilgrims were actually able to survive
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Sometime in the autumn of 1621, a group of English...
You can’t characterize human nature if studies overlook 85 percent of...
Daniel Hruschka, Arizona State University
Over the last century, behavioral researchers have revealed the biases and prejudices that shape how people see the world and...
When did humans first learn to count?
Peter Schumer, Middlebury College
The history of math is murky, predating any written records. When did humans first grasp the basic concept of a number?...