An ethnomusicologist traces the origins of the practice, from early 20th century 'air conductors' to Joe Cocker's air riffing at Woodstock to the rise of international competitions.
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The WHO has called for the global scale-up of human milk banks.
Both presidents brought border traffic and trade to a standstill in hopes of changing Mexican policy in the drug war. And both failed to achieve their goals.
In January, measles returned to the Pacific Northwest, while Ebola resurged in the Congo. It would take a lot more research for scientists to be able to stop threats like these in their tracks.
While negotiating the end of the First World War at the Versailles Peace Conference, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson collapsed. Was it a neurological disorder associated with the Spanish Flu?
Brazil's new president – often called the 'Trump of the tropics' for his inflammatory, right-wing rhetoric – won over poorer voters by stoking fear and resentment. Can he make them happy?
Many homes, parks and businesses in US cities stand on former manufacturing sites that may have left legacy hazardous wastes behind. A new book calls for more research into our urban industrial past.
Humans have shown that together we can overcome daunting problems, including deadly pathogens like smallpox. It is a lesson of international cooperation and respect that we should pay attention to.
We talk excitedly about meeting someone with whom we 'click' or 'really hit it off.' So why do so many of us hesitate to call it love?
In Maasai communities women have no autonomy to make decisions about their nutrition and that of their children.
The methods used to measure gross domestic product are being criticised for excluding the unpaid work done by women.
Americans' widespread belief that they live in a meritocracy where anyone can get ahead actually makes inequality even worse, particularly in terms of gender.
Women have long been the targets of police violence as well as men.
Bio-inspiration takes cues from natural structures that do certain things very effectively. One example: the strong but flexible fibers that sea sponges use to anchor themselves to the ocean floor.
Human milk banks play an important role in ensuring the safe supply of breast milk. This is made available to babies whose mothers are unable to breastfeed.
Breastfeeding has many health benefits for both baby and mother. But it can also can be difficult to sustain exclusively without support.
This problem masks a greater threat to the welfare state than it first appears.
South Africa's democracy is in trouble. But the challenge is less about who should control state institutions, and more about how they can be refashioned to deliver to the poor.
Trump cuts bait, Ryan loses his nerve – and the Obamacare repeal goes down without a vote. What's next for Congress and the GOP?
For centuries, historians have assumed that 'primitive societies' couldn’t have possibly come up with advanced techniques on their own.
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
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PhD candidate, Department of Sociology, Brown University
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PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology, Brown University
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
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Assistant Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, Brown University
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Associate Professor of English, Brown University
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Associate Professor of Classics, Brown University
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PhD Researcher, Brown University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies/Rites and Reason Theatre, Brown University
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Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine, Brown University
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PhD Student in Solid Mechanics, Brown University
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Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science and Public Policy, Brown University
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Professor of Sociology and Environment and Society, Brown University
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Research Scientist and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Brown University
