The Miracle of Friendship: The Ordinary Amid the Extravagant in The White Lotus
By Sam Stella HBO For all of its twists and turns, the American television drama, The White Lotus, has never yet taken off into the…how should we phrase it? Magical? …
Five Questions for Brian Goldstone – SAPIENS
>> chip: hELLO AND WELCOME, WE’RE GOING TO JUST LET SOME FOLKS FILTER IN. Thank you for being here and spending some time with us. We’ll get …
Powerful Study Secrets and English Success Tips for International Students
For international students aiming to pursue academic opportunities in the United States, the English Language Test for International Students has become an essential gateway. This assessment evaluates a student’s ability …
2025 SAFN Student Research Award Winner! – FoodAnthropology
SAFN is pleased to announce that the 2025 SAFN Student Research Award winner is Mandy Muise. Muise is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University in …
Hear from Authors of “The Environment in Electoral Politics” – Engagement
How does the environment figure in electoral politics in different parts of the world? Environmental politics is typically understood broadly as the policies and state negotiations focused on water and …
Cooking Through The Climate Crisis: Book Review of C. Pam Zhang’s Land of Milk and Honey
By David Sutton A number of scholars in Anthropology and related disciplines have posed the question “What is the Future of Food?” in our times of polycrisis and a seemingly …
The Human Costs of Tiger Conservation in India – SAPIENS
✽ WHEN I MET Ananta in December 2022, he was preparing for a crab-catching trip, double-checking to make sure he had packed the essentials: bait, food, and water. Ananta lived …
Legal adviser warns NIH not to kill 900 grants a second time
Advice follows Supreme Court ruling that threatened previously restored grants, but reprieve may be brief
A newborn planet munches on gas and dust surrounding its host star
In a first, astronomers imaged a baby planet within a gap in the disk of material around a star, confirming predictions about how rings form.
Hidden viruses in our DNA could be medicine’s next big breakthrough
You are mostly but not entirely human. If we crunch the numbers, 8 percent of your genome actually comes from viruses that got stranded there. This viral detritus is a …