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
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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.
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08, 2019
Diving into history (Tara Roberts, National Geographic)
Divers find fragments of lost history, reconstructing the past in order to understand ourselves.
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08, 2019
Medieval monks and modern science (BBC Ideas)
Medieval monastic observations aid astronomy about comets and other heavenly objects.
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08, 2019
Advanced Robotics find Renaissance shipwreck (Sten Hankewitz, Estonian World)
How a robotics team located a Renaissance ship in nearly perfect condition.
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08, 2019
“Engineering before engineers” (Alex Abrams, Wake Forest University)
Appreciating the historical roots of engineering in Renaissance ingenuity.
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07, 2019
Finding the soul in the play of words
How the spontaneity of the soul is often dulled by practical and political concerns.
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07, 2019
Girls choosing humanities (Thomas Breda and Clotilde Napp, PNAS)
How higher reading skills may lead girls to choose humanities study, despite their excellence in math.