All posts; Tags Include "Applied Anthropology"
- March 1, 2016
- 11:10 AM
- 212 views
Shame on You, Shame on Me: Shame as an Evolutionary Adaptation
by Jalees Rehman in The Next Regeneration
Can shame be good for you? We often think of shame as a shackling emotion which thwarts our individuality and creativity. A sense of shame could prevent us from choosing a partner we truly love, speaking out against societal traditions which propagate injustice or pursuing a profession that is deemed unworthy by our peers. But if shame is so detrimental, why did we evolve with this emotion? A team of researchers led by Daniel Sznycer from the Center for Evolutionary Psychology at the University ........ Read more »
Sznycer D, Tooby J, Cosmides L, Porat R, Shalvi S, & Halperin E. (2016) Shame closely tracks the threat of devaluation by others, even across cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID: 26903649
- February 26, 2016
- 10:00 AM
- 72 views
Ο οίκος των Αχαιμενιδών
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Το ερέθισμα των Περσικών πολέμων (502-449 π.Χ) και η ανέλπιστη νίκη των Ελλήνων, έβγαλαν την κυρίως Ελλάδα από τ&e........; Read more »
Chilon. (2016) Ο οίκος των Αχαιμενιδών. Chilon . info:/
- February 18, 2016
- 10:00 AM
- 72 views
Η Ιερά Εξέταση
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Η Ιερά Εξέταση ήταν Εκκλησιαστικός θεσμός δικαστικού χαρακτήρα της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής Εκκλησί&al........; Read more »
Chilon-Pitheys. (2016) Η Ιερά Εξέταση. Chilon . info:/
- February 5, 2016
- 10:00 AM
- 57 views
Ανδρέας Βεσάλιος………..ο ιδρυτής της σύγχρονης α&
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Ο Ανδρέας Βεσάλιος (Andreas Vesalius, γνωστός και ως Βεζάλιος ή Βεζάλ) γεννήθηκε την 31 Δεκεμβρίου 1514, ή νωρίς το πρ&ome........; Read more »
Πυθεύς. (2016) Ανδρέας Βεσάλιος……….ο ιδρυτής της σύγχρονης ανατομίας. Chilon . info:/
- October 14, 2015
- 09:53 AM
- 643 views
Feel Our Pain: Empathy and Moral Behavior
by Jalees Rehman in The Next Regeneration
"It's empathy that makes us help other people. It's empathy that makes us moral." The economist Paul Zak casually makes this comment in his widely watched TED talk about the hormone oxytocin, which he dubs the "moral molecule". Zak quotes a number of behavioral studies to support his claim that oxytocin increases empathy and trust, which in turn increases moral behavior. If all humans regularly inhaled a few puffs of oxytocin through a nasal spray, we could become m........ Read more »
De Dreu, C., Greer, L., Van Kleef, G., Shalvi, S., & Handgraaf, M. (2011) Oxytocin promotes human ethnocentrism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(4), 1262-1266. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015316108
Shalvi S, & De Dreu CK. (2014) Oxytocin promotes group-serving dishonesty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(15), 5503-7. PMID: 24706799
Xu X, Zuo X, Wang X, & Han S. (2009) Do you feel my pain? Racial group membership modulates empathic neural responses. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 29(26), 8525-9. PMID: 19571143
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- May 7, 2015
- 06:41 AM
- 790 views
Missing link in the evolution of complex cells discovered
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
In a new study, published in Nature this week, a research team led from Uppsala University in Sweden presents the discovery of a new microbe that represents a missing link in the evolution of complex life. The study provides a new understanding of how, billions of years ago, the complex cell types that comprise plants, fungi, but also animals and humans, evolved from simple microbes.
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Νεα μελέτη, η οποία &epsi........; Read more »
Spang, A., Saw, J., Jørgensen, S., Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka, K., Martijn, J., Lind, A., van Eijk, R., Schleper, C., Guy, L., & Ettema, T. (2015) Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature14447
- April 29, 2015
- 06:01 PM
- 761 views
Robot Discovers Two New Neighbors
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Maunakea, Hawaii – A team of astronomers using ground-based telescopes in Hawaii, California, and Arizona recently discovered a planetary system orbiting a nearby star that is only 54 light-years away. All three planets orbit their star at a distance closer than Mercury orbits the sun, completing their orbits in just 5, 15, and 24 days. The paper is being published in the Astrophysical Journal.... Read more »
Benjamin J. Fulton, Lauren M. Weiss, Evan Sinukoff, Howard Isaacson, Andrew W. Howard, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Gregory W. Henry, Bradford P. Holden, & Robert I. Kibrick. (2015) Three Super-Earths Orbiting HD 7924. Astrophysical Journal. arXiv: 1504.06629v1
- April 24, 2015
- 01:55 PM
- 937 views
Hubble's 25th anniversary
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Δεδομένης της ολοκλήρωσης των 25 χρόνων λειτουργίας του, παρουσιάζονται μερικές από τις σημαντ&iota........; Read more »
Periklis D. Livas. (2015) Hubble's 25th anniversary. Chilon. info:/
- April 18, 2015
- 04:45 AM
- 832 views
Major Advance in Artificial Photosynthesis
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
A potentially game-changing breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis has been achieved with the development of a system that can capture carbon dioxide emissions before they are vented into the atmosphere and then, powered by solar energy, convert that carbon dioxide into valuable chemical products, including biodegradable plastics, pharmaceutical drugs and even liquid fuels.... Read more »
Liu, C., Gallagher, J., Sakimoto, K., Nichols, E., Chang, C., Chang, M., & Yang, P. (2015) Nanowire–Bacteria Hybrids for Unassisted Solar Carbon Dioxide Fixation to Value-Added Chemicals. Nano Letters, 2147483647. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01254
- April 15, 2015
- 10:00 AM
- 693 views
Η μάχη του Towton (29 Μαρτίου 1461)
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Η περίοδος πολιτικής αστάθειας της Αγγλικής ιστορίας γνωστή ως Πόλεμος των Ρόδων, μετουσιώθη&k........; Read more »
Περικλής Δημ. Λιβάς. (2015) Η μάχη του Towton (29 Μαρτίου 1461). Chilon Historical Recursions. info:/
- March 30, 2015
- 11:00 AM
- 485 views
Human Evolution
by Viputheshwar Sitaraman in Draw Science
Evolution: How we became human. An Infographic by Yisela A. Trentini.... Read more »
W. Howard Levie, & Richard Lentz. (1982) Effects of text illustrations: A review of research. Educational Technology Research , 30(4), 195-232. info:/10.1007/BF02765184
- March 27, 2015
- 10:00 AM
- 1,072 views
Οι Κομάντσι – Comanche
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Η ιστορία του Τέξας αναδεικνύει τον σημαντικό ρόλο που διαδραμάτισαν κατά το χρονικό διάστημα μετ&alp........; Read more »
Περικλής Δημ. Λιβάς. (2015) Οι Κομάντσι - Comanche. Chilon. info:/
- March 24, 2015
- 07:00 AM
- 1,021 views
A Universal Translator By Any Other Name…
by Mark E. Lasbury in The 'Scope
Star Trek wouldn’t have been possible without the universal translator. Who would want to watch a show where characters don’t understand each other – of course, that doesn’t stop people from watching political debates. The technology of a universal translator is easy, we have camera phones that will show you a foreign sign in your own language. It’s the software to decipher a previously unencountered language that’s proving tough to overcome. Are there any uni........ Read more »
Sproat, R. (2014) A statistical comparison of written language and nonlinguistic symbol systems. Language, 90(2), 457-481. DOI: 10.1353/lan.2014.0031
Dunn, M., Greenhill, S., Levinson, S., & Gray, R. (2011) Evolved structure of language shows lineage-specific trends in word-order universals. Nature, 473(7345), 79-82. DOI: 10.1038/nature09923
Rao, R., Yadav, N., Vahia, M., Joglekar, H., Adhikari, R., & Mahadevan, I. (2009) Entropic Evidence for Linguistic Structure in the Indus Script. Science, 324(5931), 1165-1165. DOI: 10.1126/science.1170391
Snyder, Benjamin, Regina Barzilay and Kevin Knight. (2010) A Statistical Model for Lost Language Decipherment. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, ACL 2010. info:/
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- March 23, 2015
- 07:05 AM
- 575 views
Pictures, Not Paragraphs
by Viputheshwar Sitaraman in Draw Science
Old and new literature confirm the common idea that visual communication and learning is far more effective and appealing than just text.... Read more »
W. Howard Levie, & Richard Lentz. (1982) Effects of text illustrations: A review of research. Educational Technology Research , 30(4), 195-232. info:/10.1007/BF02765184
- March 4, 2015
- 10:00 AM
- 853 views
Μέγας Αλεξανδρος & Θάληστρις (329 π.Χ) - Alexander the Great & Thalestris - Chilon
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Το ειδύλλιο της ατρόμητης Αμαζόνας πολέμαρχου με τον κατακτητή των συνόρων του γνωστού κόσμου τ&eta........; Read more »
Περικλής Δημ. Λιβάς. (2015) Μέγας Αλεξανδρος . Chilon. info:/
- January 9, 2015
- 10:00 AM
- 759 views
Albert Einstein-Henri Bergson, The Debate Αϊνστάιν-Μπερξόν, η διαμάχη
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Στις 6 Απριλίου 1922, οι Ανρί Μπεργκσόν (Henri Bergson) και Άλμπερτ Αϊνστάιν (Albert Einstein) συνευρέθησαν στην συνεδρίαση των με&lambda........; Read more »
Περικλής Δημ. Λιβάς. (2015) Albert Einstein-Henri Bergson, The Debate Αϊνστάιν-Μπερξόν, η διαμάχη. Chilon. info:/
- January 5, 2015
- 03:02 PM
- 986 views
Typical Dreams: A Comparison of Dreams Across Cultures
by Jalees Rehman in The Next Regeneration
Have you ever wondered how the content of your dreams differs from that of your friends? How about the dreams of people raised in different countries and cultures? It is not always easy to compare dreams of distinct individuals because the content of dreams depends on our personal experiences. This is why dream researchers have developed standardized dream questionnaires in which common thematic elements are grouped together. These questionnaires can be translated into various languages and used........ Read more »
Yu, C. (2008) Typical dreams experienced by Chinese people. Dreaming, 18(1), 1-10. DOI: 10.1037/1053-0797.18.1.1
Nielsen, T., Zadra, A., Simard, V., Saucier, S., Stenstrom, P., Smith, C., & Kuiken, D. (2003) The Typical Dreams of Canadian University Students. Dreaming, 13(4), 211-235. DOI: 10.1023/B:DREM.0000003144.40929.0b
Schredl M, Ciric P, Götz S, & Wittmann L. (2004) Typical dreams: stability and gender differences. The Journal of psychology, 138(6), 485-94. PMID: 15612605
- October 6, 2014
- 04:13 AM
- 728 views
Not-So-Green Men
by Viputheshwar Sitaraman in Draw Science
The Webb Telescope searches for alien life on exoplanets by analyzing CFC pollution from potentially advanced civilizations. [Infographic]... Read more »
Lin, H., Abad, G., & Loeb, A. (2014) Detecting industrial pollution in the atmospheres of earth-like exoplanets. The Astrophysical Journal, 792(1). DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/792/1/L7
- October 3, 2014
- 10:00 AM
- 847 views
Ναπολέων ο Μέγας
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Ο Ναπολέων Βοναπάρτης υπήρξε ένας από τους επιφανέστερους στρατιωτικούς και πολιτικούς ηγέτε&s........; Read more »
Χείλων. (2015) Ναπολέων ο Μέγας. chilonas.com. info:/
- May 15, 2014
- 07:25 AM
- 985 views
Birth of a star in double-quick time
by Perikis Livas in Chilon
Astronomers have undertaken a new survey of the plane of our Milky Way and discovered a large quantity of cold, dense clumps of gas and dust, apparently the cradles of massive stars. A team headed by Timea Csengeri from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn has now used the map, which was obtained by the APEX telescope at a wavelength of 0.87 millimetres, to estimate the time scale for the formation of stars.
The result: the process seems to proceed very rapidly, with massive s........ Read more »
T. Csengeri, J. S. Urquhart, F. Schuller, F. Motte, S. Bontemps, F. Wyrowski, K. M. Menten, L. Bronfman, H. Beuther, Th. Henning.... (2013) The ATLASGAL survey: a catalog of dust condensations in the Galactic plane. Cornell University Library. arXiv: 1312.0937v2
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