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Keyword - Culture
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Data sharing: Empty archives - Premium content
Most researchers agree that open access to data is the scientific ideal, so what is stopping it happening? Bryn Nelson investigates why many researchers choose not to share.
9 September 2009
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Conformists may kill civilizations - Premium content
Lack of original ideas leaves societies vulnerable to environmental upheaval, model suggests.
24 June 2009
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Darwin 200: The other strand - Premium content
Geneticists looked to the human genome to understand human evolution. But it's hard to interpret without considering the inheritance of culture, finds Erika Check Hayden.
11 February 2009
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Darwin 200: Human nature: the remix - Premium content
People's mindsets are neither fixed by evolution nor infinitely malleable by culture. Dan Jones looks for the similarities that underlie the diversity of human nature.
11 February 2009
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Interdisciplinary science: Harvard under review - Premium content
Harvard is embarking on an experiment to foster collaboration and interdisciplinary research. Corie Lok looks at whether it can change its culture and reinvent communities along the way.
6 August 2008
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AUDIO: Music is in our genes - Premium content
African cultures that sing alike tend to be genetically similar.
10 December 2007
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Early man had mining in mind - Premium content
Flint analysis sheds light on our ancestors' digging skills.
18 May 2004
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Girl chimps learn faster than boys - Premium content
Daughters pick up their mother's skills, while sons play rough and tumble.
15 April 2004
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'Test-tube' mice become bold adults - Premium content
Assisted reproduction may affect behaviour.
27 January 2004
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Oldest sculptures unearthed - Premium content
Carvings show early Europeans' prodigious skill.
18 December 2003
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