The firsts in Leonardo’s Last Supper
The firsts in the ways Leonardo's Last Supper integrates optics, mathematics, art, psychology, and faith.
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12, 2019
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12, 2019
Brain scans spotlight the cast of history (Pierre Gagnepain et al., Nature Human Behavior)
Using neural imaging, the study suggests how collective memory filters our sense of history.
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11, 2019
Reflections on the unity of knowledge
The way fields of knowledge form a unity that is increasingly fractured in the modern age.
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11, 2019
The arts, humanities, and our well-being (Daisy Fancourt and Saorise Finn, World Heath Organization)
The ways the arts and humanities enhance our mental and physical health.
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11, 2019
Math and language study (Anand Jagatia, BBC Future)
Language differences may enhance or inhibit ability in math.
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11, 2019
Mining the mind’s hidden resources.
How we may find the truth within in the face of care and distraction.
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10, 2019
The surprising careers from the humanities (Amanda Ruggeri, BBC Worklife)
More evidence of how humanities study leads to wide-ranging careers.
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10, 2019
On the efforts to preserve knowledge (Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura)
An itinerary into libraries' collected knowledge, preserved from the past.
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09, 2019
Science and the suburbs
A poem about science and suburban protest.
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08, 2019
Bread of the Pharaohs (Alix Kroeger, BBC News)
Reviving 5000-year-old bread yeast to understand ancient Egypt.