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Anthropology

A photo of a woman wearing a mask putting her hand up to prevent someone from coming too close

COVID-19 "Ick" Factor

Ew, Gross! Four Ways Disgust Is Shaping the Coronavirus Pandemic

April 16, 2020

A photo of a silhouette of a woman behind a screen from the show "Love is Blind"

Relationships

Is Love “Blind”?

March 11, 2020

A photo of Cheryl Knott and her family

Anthropology

Up Close, and Up High, with Orangutans

February 24, 2020

Opioid Crisis

Tracking the Path of the Opioid Crisis

February 18, 2020

Fallou Ngom sits in the home of an Ajami manuscript owner in Belfort, Ziguinchor, Senegal.

Anthropology

Digitizing Ajami, a Centuries-Old African Script

January 23, 2020

Cambodian musicians perform traditional cambodian music and chant in Cambodia.

Power of Music

How Cambodian Music Recalls Ancestors and Brings Comfort

November 25, 2019

Archaeologist John "Mac" Marston holds a vile of ancient seeds found at an archaeological dig.

Environmental Archaeology

What Can We Learn from an Ancient Pea?

October 7, 2019

Portrait of James Uden, Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the Boston University College of Arts & Sciences

Accolades

Drawing Modern Inspiration from Ancient Texts

April 1, 2019

A Sifaka lemur in a tree

Anthropology

Why Lemurs Smell Better than You

June 1, 2018

Vervet monkeys in the wild do not get fat, but monkeys in captivity do. Schmitt wants to understand what combination of genes, environment, and ancestry may trigger obesity. Photos by Ryan Cadiz

Biology

Chunky Monkeys

December 19, 2017

Professor of Archaeology Catherine West holds a clamshell in Dutch Harbor middens where she studies ancient climate change adaptation in the Aleutian Islands.

Archaeology

Clamshells and Climate Change

November 14, 2017

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Archaeology

Arctic Squirrels: Invasive or Native Species?

February 22, 2017

photo of a ververt monkey

Anthropology

Why Do Monkeys Get Fat?

October 25, 2016

Squirrel gnawing on a chicken bone

Forensic Science

Toothy Squirrels Could Confuse Crime Scenes

August 30, 2016

James Pokines, assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine

Anthropology

Bone Detective

July 21, 2016

Peter Blake, assistant professor in Boston University department of psychological and brain sciences and director of Boston University Child Development Labs

Psychiatry & Psychology

“It’s Not Fair!”

November 18, 2015

View of temples in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, Mexico

Archaeology

Lessons from Teotihuacan

August 24, 2015

Kristi Lewton, assistant professor in the anatomy and neurobiology department at BU School of Medicine. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Anatomy

In Defense of Wide Hips

April 15, 2015

Data Science

Mapmaker/Matchmaker

March 26, 2015

Andrea Digiorgio Cornell Tree Climbing Institute, Borneo orangutan research

Anthropology

Chasing Orangutans

January 26, 2015

Chasing Orangutans