Science news articles about 'shamans'

Barack Obama has already won a landslide among one demographic. Shamans in Peru burned incense over a llama fetus and threw flowers on posters of Obama and John McCain to send good vibes to the ...

... - including 50 complete tortoise shells, the pelvis of a leopard and a human foot. The shaman burial is thought to be one of the earliest known from the archaeological record and the only shaman ...

A California hospital’s attempts to cater to its immigrant patients results in a policy allowing for Hmong shamans to practice within their walls.

... Academics too are turning their study to the practices of these religions. The interest is in understanding shamanism, trance and spirit possession from different standpoints, including, vitally, from ...

... people and a species or other object that serves as the emblem of a common ancestor; and shamanism, the claim that traditional religious leaders in kinship-based societies could communicate with their ...

Skeleton of 12,000-year-old shaman found … Genes may alter esophageal cancer risk … Nighttime tornadoes more likely to kill … Novel action of insulin is discovered ... Health/Science news from UPI.

... animals. In general, the study found that there were more infections when it was colder and drier. However, Shaman and Kohn demonstrated that relative humidity could only explain about 12 percent of ...

A hallucinogenic compound found in a plant indigenous to South America and used in shamanic rituals regulates a mysterious protein that is abundant throughout the body, University of Wisconsin-Madison ...

... and 'the self'. Anders Burman also discovered interesting parallels between activism and shamanism. In many respects the activism and the ritual practices derive from the same interpretive cultural ...

Why does the flu go around in winter and not so much in summer? Humidity plays an important role, Dr. Jeffrey Shaman has learned.

... shamans cite demonic possession.In light of this "controversy", the legislature sets up a school board that includes not only doctors, but also shamans, faith healers and, for good measure a few...