Rights of the dead and the living clash when scientists extract DNA from human remains Chip Colwell Anthropology, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture The remains of a 6-inch long mummy from Chile are not those of a space alien, according to recently reported research. The tiny body with its strange features – a pointed head, elongated bones – had been...
“Climate Change is a Human Rights Issue”: An Interview with Naomi Ages of Greenpeace Hippo Reads Staff Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine Naomi Ages is the climate liability project lead at Greenpeace USA, out there fighting the good environmental fight day after day. Our editor Tori Telfer chatted with her about keeping the oil and gas...
In Remotest Mali, A Hero on International Women’s Day Juliet Sorensen Politics & Economics, Society & Culture Laya Ongoiba speaks truth to power. An advocate against female genital mutilation and child marriage in the town of Douentza, in central Mali, where 89 percent of women and girls have undergone FGM, Laya...
Understanding the “Innocent” Bystander Effect Catharina Borchgrevink History, Society & Culture In a world where “bad” things happen daily, why do “good” people stand witness without interfering? These psychological and historical studies attempt an answer.
