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
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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
Humanities can’t stem the tech-tide (Paul Musgrave, Washington Post)
Why the humanities cannot offer the ethical guidance for STEM.
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08, 2019
LiDAR illuminates the past (Erin Blakemore, National Geographic)
LiDar reveals new evidence of past societies, revolutionizing archaeology.
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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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08, 2019
Language, environment, and healing (Maria Giulia Marini, MedicinaNarrativa.eu)
Using philosophy to understand the ways that language and environment enhance healing.
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07, 2019
A.G.I. meets the brain (Cade Metz, New York Times)
Training AI to re-create human intelligence.
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07, 2019
The decline of reading (Humanities Indicators)
The time spent reading for pleasure declines across all groups.
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07, 2019
This is your brain on the internet (Firth et al., World Psychiatry)
Going online can bring the mind offline.