News tagged with material culture


Archeology of homelessness

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

No matter what you see in the movies, archaeology isn't really about finding ancient temples or golden idols. It's about the day-to-day "stuff"— the material culture—of people's lives. It doesn't even have to be ancient, ...





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Sticks and stones break bones, but new study may prevent it

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The best way to prevent a fracture is to stop bones from reaching the point where they are prone to breaking, but understanding the process of how bones form and mature has been challenging. Now researchers at the University ...


Turning genetic trash to treasure

Turning genetic trash to treasure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- John Rinn, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Broad Institute, overcame a rocky start in life through a passion for biology and discovered ...


human papilloma viruses

Papillomavirus silences innate immune response

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In the 1980s, Harald zur Hausen and his co-workers discovered that specific types of human papillomavirus (HPV) cause cervical cancer. Scientists soon found out how these pathogens cause cells to degenerate. ...


Gift Guide: Tech books that enlighten, entertain

Technology / Other

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate. So why not throw in a few books about the people and services ...


Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police (AP)

Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police

Technology / Other

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.


Google documents Iraqi museum treasures (AP)

Google documents Iraqi museum treasures

Technology / Internet

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.


Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found (AP)

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 7

(AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum ...


US survey shows southern counties most obese

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.


Craigslist founder joins Wikimedia advisory board

Technology / Internet

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The nonprofit group that runs online encyclopedia Wikipedia said Friday that it named Craig Newmark, the founder of Web classifieds site Craigslist, to its advisory board.


Facebook, Wikipedia execs brief Vatican on Web

Technology / Internet

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Executives from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google are attending a Vatican meeting to brief officials and Catholic bishops about the Internet and digital youth culture.



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