South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases: Oyster gatherers on a Wild Coast beach at low tide. The sea is integral to these communities' lives and culture. PaulGregg When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels …
How rightwing beliefs shape your view of the past – while leftwingers look to the future: The division between right and left around the world has rarely felt more polarised. Of course there have always been differences between people on the different ends of the political spectrum, but now it seems they are living in …
Patients’ beliefs about illness matter: the case of elephantiasis in rural Ghana: Would you take medication for an illness you didn’t believe you had? Or if you disagreed with healthcare workers about the cause of your condition? This is the dilemma of many people who live in areas of Ghana where a mosquito-borne disease called …
Archaeologists have discovered a mummy wrapped in gold – here’s what it tells us about ancient Egyptian beliefs: In January 2023, a group of archaeologists excavating tombs in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, near Cairo, discovered the mummified remains of a man named Hekashepes, who lived circa 2300BC. Found inside a limestone sarcophagus in a burial …
In China, a debate over sanitary pads on trains reflects long-held beliefs about women and menstruation: tommaso79 / Shutterstock Discrimination against and repression of women is a global problem. In authoritarian states, it is also intertwined with regime survival. Take recent events in Iran, where women-led protests against strict hijab laws are challenging the country’s …
Six popular beliefs about colds: experts explain the facts: Sticking garlic up your nose will not help you recover from a cold. Fizkes/Shutterstock As we return to pre-lockdown levels of social mixing, colds are starting to become all too common. A TikTok video has gone viral involving putting garlic up your nose as a cold …
South Africa in the news: How Covid-19 has played into burial beliefs and practices: For instance, in South Africa, as a way of enforcing the Covid-19 regulations, burials have also been modified from traditional ones to those with limited crowds, with burial teams donned in hazmat …: “South Africa” – BingNews Nintendo Switch’s latest streaming …
Identity fusion: why some people will go to extremes for the beliefs of a group: Shutterstock/hobbit Football fans often become so deeply connected to their club and to other fans, as though they’re related. They’re willing to support the group on a lifelong basis, with unwaivering pride even in the face of losses. At first …
Iran’s secular shift: new survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs: Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution was a defining event that changed how we think about the relationship between religion and modernity. Ayatollah Khomeini’s mass mobilisation of Islam showed that modernisation by no means implies a linear process of religious decline. Reliable large-scale data on Iranians’ …
How fatalistic beliefs influence risky driving in Ghana. And what needs to be done: Road accidents in Ghana should be considered a public health concern Transaid/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC Road traffic crashes claim an average of five lives every day in Ghana. The country reported a road traffic death rate of 24.9 per 100,000 people …
Traditional beliefs inform attitudes to disability in Africa. Why it matters: An albino child and his mother get a visual test as part of programmes to expand social awareness for albino people in Lagos, Nigeria. Photo by Sodiq Adelakun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Disabled people all over the world are confronted with a range of explanations for …
A world of heroes and villains: why we should challenge children’s simplistic moral beliefs: It won't hurt them to know that superheroes are capable of doing wrong too. Rawpixel.com The protagonist of the decorum-defying but wildly entertaining new film, Jojo Rabbit, sees the world in black and white. The film is set in Nazi Germany …
The invisible infertile: how cultural beliefs can shape statistics: IVF ShutterstockNevodka Reproductive health is now seen as a basic human right. This includes the ability to have children. Large-scale population surveys are used to identify infertility and help ensure the rights of those who are struggling to conceive. But our research has revealed some people–particularly …
A toad ate the sun: Man’s bizarre eclipse beliefs through the ages: Unless you have been avoiding media of all kinds recently, you know that a solar eclipse is about to occur. Eclipse-viewing glasses are a hot commodity, people are taking trips to camp out in the areas where the eclipse will be total, and …
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