Research in the International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets has looked at the impact of yoga on the skill set and well-being of business executives in transitioning economies. Rather than the practice of yoga being ...
Economics & Business
Jul 18, 2023
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Sarah Dees pulls several yellow-tinged booklets out of plastic bags. Flipping through one titled "Life Among the Indians," she points out sections on ceremonies and customs. Toward the back are ads for so-called "Indian remedies," ...
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2023
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When large and warty cane toads were first brought to Australia nearly 100 years ago, they had a simple mission: to gobble up beetles and other pests in the sugarcane fields.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2023
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How do Quebec-born children in mixed families with one Muslim parent self-identify? How do they combine the different values transmitted by their parents and those of the society in which they grow up?
Social Sciences
May 23, 2023
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Research into koala numbers before and after cultural burns on the world's second largest sand island has fueled a push to merge Aboriginal knowledge with cutting-edge science to mitigate the dangers of bushfires across Australia.
Ecology
Feb 24, 2023
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Apart from managing the land, Indigenous people have also managed waterways, including the Murray River and the Darling/Baaka River, for thousands of years.
Archaeology
Dec 16, 2022
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We are standing in a circle on an expansive beach in front of an ancient rock-walled fish-trap—one of many archaeological sites on the small island of Xwe'etay (Lasqueti) in the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the ...
Archaeology
Nov 14, 2022
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Many young people feel anxious, powerless, sad and angry about climate change.
Environment
Nov 11, 2022
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A broad array of cultural practices—from the construction of stone tools to the conventions of religious rituals—are highly stable over long periods of time. One might assume that such persistent cultural knowledge is ...
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2022
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650 million women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. That's one of the startling figures contained in a 2021 UNICEF report about child marriage. Africa's sub-Saharan region is home to nine of the ...
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2022
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