News tagged with global culture
Boyle Web sensation: A massive missed opportunity?
May 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The final act of the year's biggest pop culture sensation will not be seen on TVs, beamed out to multiplexes or heard much on the airwaves. Well, at least not in America.
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Researcher: Inuit culture in peril
Nov 23, 2007 |
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Global warming could doom the hunting and fishing culture of the Inuit in Canada, an expert on the Arctic region says.
'Culture of we' buffers genetic tendency to depression
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 27, 2009 |
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A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study.
Where consumer culture doesn't quite reach
May 10, 2007 |
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In the June issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, a important study by Tuba Üstüner (City University, London) and Douglas B. Holt (University of Oxford) explores how consumer culture is enacted in ramshackle neighborhoods on the ...
Foot binding and a biological approach to the study of Chinese culture
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Exaptation is a familiar concept to evolutionary biologists. It's the basic idea explaining that a trait can evolve because it starts serving a different function. Think of birds: at first, the most important ...
First ever worldwide census analysis of caribou/reindeer numbers reveals dramatic decline
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60% in the last three decades. The dramatic revelation came out of the first ever comprehensive census analysis of this iconic species carried out by biologists at ...
Webcam follows Peregrine Falcons
Mar 26, 2009 |
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A rare couple of Peregrine Falcons nesting atop Warsaw's landmark Stalinist-era Palace of Culture could gain a global following after the launch Thursday of a webcam site showing their nest.
Students, teachers need to be transculturally literate, expert says
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2009 |
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The current generation of college students and teachers need to be as culturally fluent with people from different cultures as they are with their own, a soft skill that has become an essential part of life ...
China moves to control online music industry
Sep 10, 2009 |
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China has announced that all songs posted on music websites must receive prior approval and foreign lyrics must be translated into Chinese, in a new push to control online content.
Nations that launch: Where new technologies and products take-off
Oct 31, 2008 |
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A new study published in the September/October issue of the journal Marketing Science reveals the world's most innovative countries, with Japan and the Nordic countries earning top spots and the United States finishing in six ...
Weight fixation sends unhealthy messages
Nov 05, 2008 |
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Making assumptions of health based on a person’s weight is faulty, and misinformation is putting people’s physical and emotional well-being at risk, says College of Education researcher and lecturer in human development Dr ...
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