To help battle the coronavirus crisis, testing would not only identify those who carry the virus, it would also make the threat of the disease more tangible.

A combination of some evangelical beliefs and right-wing conservatism in the United States risks increasing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

There is an urgent need to digitally capture the planet’s surface, providing a record for future ecologists, archaeologists, and historians. The Earth Archive project plans to do just that.

The recent violence in Hong Kong has stunned the world, but one anthropologist sees a much less visible threat.

As UNESCO brings urgent awareness to Indigenous languages this year, a linguist considers whether saving languages is sentimental or critical.

Training with macho bodybuilders, a female powerlifter and anthropologist muscled through grueling rites of passage—and forged unexpected bonds.

People who dwell in RVs or cars may have “homes”—but their lives are often unnecessarily precarious.

An anthropologist argues that the U.S. culture of guns puts stress on the body and mind that can lead to physical damage.

One anthropologist views the public recognition of traditional lands as a way to remember the past while stepping toward the future.

The use of genetic testing to demonstrate degrees of mixture in Latin American populations has had perverse consequences that are also potentially dangerous.