An anthropologist asks what algorithms and astrology have in common in a digital era of predictive technologies.

Two anthropologists look back on one of the year’s most binged animated shows on Netflix—the supernatural Filipino crime thriller Trese—and what it missed about the stories of Indigenous peoples.

An anthropologist looks to a religious community of women in rural Kentucky for scientifically informed lessons in land stewardship. Could they be a model for activists and policymakers to move beyond partisan approaches to climate change?

Across time and around the world, many ancient monuments were built as calendars to track the sun’s journey.

For decades, the Mising people, a minority group in Northeast India, have fought for tribal autonomy and cultural recognition. Today they face growing challenges to their way of life.

What worshipping online during the COVID-19 pandemic has meant to African Australians.

The archaeologist in charge of the Sutton Hoo burial mounds recounts what has been discovered at the famous English site since the 1930s excavation portrayed in the movie The Dig.

When public health protocols disrupt normal funeral and mourning practices, such as in Cameroon, alternative approaches need to be engaged to keep people safe while respecting the dead and their loved ones.

The world has become enchanted with a three-legged mermaid called Amabie, said to help fight plague.

A history of masks reveals how humans have used them to hide, disguise, transform, and protect themselves.