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Gertrude Abercrombie and Sonny Rollins, Chicago, c1960s

Kyrgyz woman, Kyrzgyzstan, by Justin Black

Nuu-chah-nulth tribal member wearing fringed chilkat blanket and thick neckring which is emblematic of the individuals ties to a local secret society known as the hamatsa. The mask being worn represents a recently deceased family member who had been a shaman. The Nuu-chah-nulth were one of the few indigenous peoples on the Pacific Coast who hunted whales. Whaling is essential to Nuu-chah-nulth culture and spirituality. It is reflected in stories, songs, names, family lines, and numerous place names throughout the Nuu-chah-nulth territories. From earliest contact with European explorers beginning with the invasion of Captain Cook in 1778, more than 90% of the Nuu-chah-nulth died as a result of infectious disease epidemics, namely malaria and smallpox.

Ejagham Mask built on a human skull stretched with antelope skin and covered with human hair

Nietzsche, The Gay Science

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Archaeologists find that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens organized living spaces similarly

In a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, archaeologists from Université de Montréal and the Un

In a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, archaeologists from Université de Montréal and the University of Genoa reveal that far from being more primitive, Neanderthals did much the same as their Homo sapiens successors: made themselves at home. Analyzing artifacts and features of the Protoaurignacian and Mousterian levels of the Riparo Bombrini site in northwestern Italy, the scientists uncovered common patterns of settlement between the two populations.

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One of the stranger things about training brand new nurses is explaining how to min max small talk. It feels very weird to coach people on how to chat.

National Drama Theatre in Lithuania

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Avian flu is in cows in the US - is it inching closer to humans?

Avian flu is in cows in the US - is it inching closer to humans?

The H5N1 strain of avian flu has been around since 1996, but until now its been largely confined to animals. But it has now jumped to cattle in America and some think it means we are inching towards eventual human-to-human infection, with potentially serious consequences.

Since March, H5N1 has been confirmed in dairy cattle in nine US states. Scientists are still trying to establish how the virus is being spread.

“Right now it seems like the milking equipment may be one of the ways,” says Dr Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

“Scientists are finding very high levels of virus in milk. And so that's why the milking equipment seems like it might be playing a role.”

Water For The People, Paul D’Amato