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Distribution of cultural heritage sites (green dots) and locations of military action (red dots) in Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, Ukraine. The transparent red areas illustrate areas that were occupied by the Russian military in February and March 2022, and have now been liberated (figure by Ivan Zotsenko). Credit: Antiquity (2023). DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2023.159 The war in Ukraine is not just a war against a people, but a war on…

Every nation has some dishes that are associated with it. Sometimes this can be an entire culinary movement or perhaps a collection of ingredients and techniques. It gets a bit more complicated with massive, multicultural countries like, for example, the USA.Someone asked Americans “What do you consider to be a cultural food of the United States?” and people shared their best examples. From humble PB&Js to multilayered casseroles, netizens covered the entire range. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote…

Radie Peat is a singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for her work with the Irish folk band Lankum. She grew up in Dublin and performed in pubs at a young age, singing and playing concertina (she also plays tin whistle, accordion, harmonium, banjo and harp, among other instruments). With Lankum, Peat has recorded four albums including this year’s False Lankum, which was nominated for the Mercury prize. She’s also part of a new four-piece, ØXN, whose album CYRM – “a debut full of unsettling dark magic”, according to…

Probably most people would agree that traveling is fun and experiencing different cultures is like a fresh breeze of air. However, some people travel more than others and that leads them to be experts in the field.Malachi Ray Rempen comes from a multicultural family and has lived in the US, New Mexico, and more than four other countries in Europe. Besides staying for a longer period of time, Malachi also enjoys traveling for holidays and, in the last interview, shared that he has visited about 45 countries so far. So it…

Nitin Sawhney was born in south London in 1964 and grew up in Kent, learning piano, guitar, sitar and tabla from an early age. He studied law, then accountancy at Hertfordshire University, where he met Sanjeev Bhaskar, with whom he created the comedy team the Secret Asians and later Goodness Gracious Me. He quit comedy to focus on music, and since 1993 has released 13 studio albums, including the Mercury prize-nominated Beyond Skin. Sawhney also scores films, TV programmes and stage shows. His latest album, Identity, is…

Educational psychology professor Nidia Ruedas-Gracia was a co-author of the paper. Credit: Lindsay Hundley College students' sense of belonging is believed to have important and far-reaching implications, contributing to academic achievement and persistence at college as well as offering protective effects against anxiety and depression. …

People fact-checked social media posts more carefully and were more willing to revise their initial beliefs when they were paired with someone from a different cultural background than their own, according to a study my collaborators Michael Baker and Françoise Détienne and I recently published in Frontiers in Psychology.If you’re French, you’re less likely than an English person to believe a tweet that claims Britain produces more varieties of cheese than France. And if you’re English, you’re more likely than a French…

When Chandrayaan-3 landed on the south pole of the moon this year, there were many exciting pictures on the news. Among them, the ones that particularly tugged at my heart were those of the women scientists of the Indian Space Research Organization responsible for the mission, wearing saris. This is not the first time Indian space scientists in saris have made international headlines after a successful launch. But while these latest images are a history-making moment for humanity, for me—a computational biology Ph.D.…

Aerial schematic of the sites studied by FSU assistant professor of anthropology Jayur Madhusudan Mehta. Credit: Florida State University Earthen and shell mounds built hundreds of years ago by Indigenous people in the Mississippi River Delta contribute to biodiversity and the area's resiliency to erosion today, research by a Florida State University archaeologist has found. …

Ancient burial mounds (kurgans) provide the last refugia for steppic plant and animal species in the intensively used agricultural landscapes of the western parts of the Eurasian steppe biome. Credit: Balázs Deák / Centre for Ecological Research During our history, ancient civilizations have considerably shaped the global ecosystems through a coevolution of landscape and local populations. In some cases, the legacy of the…