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Jun 15, 2021
What Makes Injections Hard to Swallow?
An anthropological assessment of the differences between pills…
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Apr 29, 2021
What Is Vaccination Equity?
With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout now underway, some immigrants, refugees…
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Apr 5, 2021
When Kinship Is Traced Through Women, Their Health Follows
A study finds that there may be health…
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Jan 25, 2021
What Makes Vaccines Social?
Some people are wary of or may refuse vaccines. Social scientists are part…
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Jan 22, 2021
The CDC Needs Social Science
Sickness is not just biological — it’s social. That’s why social…
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Dec 21, 2020
What Human Hair Reveals About Death’s Seasonality
Each wave of Edith Howard Cook’s reddish-blonde hair…
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Sep 2, 2020
No, ‘Racial Genetics’ Aren’t Affecting COVID-19 Deaths
The coronavirus pandemic is unequally affecting…
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Aug 3, 2020
Will U.S. University Students Spread COVID-19?
Universities are planning to open across the United…
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May 4, 2020
Race Is Real, But It’s Not Genetic
For over 300 years, socially defined notions of ‘race’ have shaped…
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Apr 21, 2020
What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?
Hint: It involved a long stick and a bucket of vinegar
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