The Rebirth of Placenta Rituals
Reclaiming an organ that modern medical professionals often designate as waste may inspire more people to study and adapt ancient traditions.
The Rebirth of Placenta Rituals
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How Traditional Knowledge Opens Nature’s Medicine Cabinet
In Peru, the challenge of providing health care to the country's citizens has spurred interest in alternative medicines that draw on cultural traditions.
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Is a More Generous Society Possible?
Generosity helps communities manage risk and cope with disasters. New research untangles the factors that lead people to help neighbors in need.
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Are Religious People More Moral?
Cultures around the world share the belief that atheists lack morality. The evidence, however, tells a different story.
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When Ex-convicts Become Criminologists
Through their own hard-earned insights, prisoners turned academics aim to reform how convicts and criminology are studied.
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Can Medical Anthropology Solve the Diabetes Dilemma?
As the number of sufferers continues to rise, some researchers are moving in new directions to figure out how culture and lifestyle shape disease outcomes.