Michael Benton used to tell his paleontology students that they would never know the true color of a dinosaur. After all, even fossils that sport light or dark patches may not indicate the creature’s original hue. But in recent years, the vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom has had to revise those lectures. In 2010, Benton and colleagues found evidence t...

hi May 2008, the Detroit News reported on a spectacular local high school prom entrance. A young African American woman hired photographei^s, at the cost of approximately six thousand dollars, to enact the part of paparazzi to make her feel, as she put it, "like a star" amid the flashes of their cameras.' A photograph of the event, which concentrates more on the paparazzi than on the young coup...

BACKGROUND Inflammation is a common pathophysiological pathway for a number of chronic diseases, and is strongly influenced by sociodemographic factors and lifestyle. Less is known about factors that may influence the inflammatory response in individuals of distinct ethnic backgrounds. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between ethnicity and blood levels of inflammatory markers in ...

On a breezy, crisp evening in December 2015, about 70 party-goers, some bedecked in feathers and glitter, entered the legendary Carwash disco in London’s West End. There they buckled packs containing accelerometers to their waists and danced for science. Daniel Margulies, a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, and his postdoctora...

Age-related sensory and cognitive decline of older adults is typically not taken into consideration while designing accessible audiovisual services. As most studies on translation (AVT) media accessibility have focused young or adult audiences, we know little about specific preferences needs regarding AVT. In 2015, 82% Polish declared that they never almost go to the cinema, which for vast majo...

BACKGROUND Whilst alcohol and drug use among young people is known to escalate during short holidays and working breaks in international nightlife resorts, little empirical data are available on the impact of longer backpacking holidays on substance use. Here we examine changes in alcohol, tobacco and drug use when UK residents go backpacking in Australia. METHODS Matched information on alcoh...

OBJECTIVE Each day, tens of millions of restaurant goers, conference attendees, college students, military personnel, and school children serve themselves at buffets--many being all-you-can-eat buffets. Knowing how the food order at a buffet triggers what a person selects could be useful in guiding diners to make healthier selections. METHOD The breakfast food selections of 124 health confere...

In modern,Western societies the purpose of schooling is to ensure that school-goers acquire knowledge of pre-existing practices, events, entities and so on.The knowledge that is learned is then tested to see if the learner has acquired a correct or adequate understanding of it. For this reason, it can be argued that schooling is organised around a representational epistemology: one which holds ...