A US university is adapting curricula and research to social needs. Joanna Walters reports.
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/ 15 November 2007
How do you persuade people to reuse their hotel towels, recycle more rubbish and protect the countryside when they go for a walk? Rather than relying on dire environmental warnings, one author and academic thinks the answer lies in understanding the subtle social pressures that influence behaviour.
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/ 17 October 2007
Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known remains of human habitation at the coast, a finding that may explain how humans ventured beyond Africa at the start of their planetary odyssey. Mussel shells and stone micro-tools found in a sea cave in South Africa suggest that Homo sapiens headed for the beach quite soon after emerging from the savannah.