Science Art: Afrikanska kulturföremål_2, Nordisk familjebok
Norwegian encyclopedists behold African artifacts.
anthropology
Investigating the Roots of Traditional African Medicine.
A new research center is delving into a rich, as-yet-untapped reservoir of African medical knowledge, seeking new treatments for AIDS and other diseases by hoping, in effect, the witch-doctors… Read the rest “Investigating the Roots of Traditional African Medicine.”
Spicy bugs.
If you like your food a little spicy, EurekAlert.org might whet your appetite in a crawly kind of way… because hot peppers owe everything to bugs:
… Read the rest “Spicy bugs.”The spiciness is a defense mechanism
I no caveman? Unk!
Wired burst bubble! Science-head say me no Neanderthal no how:
… Read the rest “I no caveman? Unk!”Scientists who sequenced the mitochondrial DNA of a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal returned no evidence of ancestral interbreeding
Mushrooms and meaning.
Johns Hopkins researchers are getting profoundly trippy, PhysOrg reports, in a research project that found psychedelic mushrooms can have long-lasting spiritual effects:
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