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.
Is a More Generous Society Possible?
Culture Lab
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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.
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The Church of the Solar Eclipse
Eclipse hunters aren’t merely astronomy geeks—they are seekers of awe and wonder.
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The Perils and Privileges of an Amazonian Hallucinogen
Tourism based on consumption of the plant brew known as ayahuasca is booming, for better and for worse.