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28 01, 2018

The humanities need no case

By Humanities Watch|2018-03-18T07:48:28-04:00January 28th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Nature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, science, Theater, Writing|0 Comments

The humanities chart the heights and depths of humanity.

21 01, 2018

Flowers, humanity, and the use of the useless

By Humanities Watch|2019-04-08T10:40:11-04:00January 21st, 2018|Arts, Asia, Everything Else, History, Literature, Nature, painting, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, science, Writing|0 Comments

What is "useless" serves to remind us of our humanity.

17 01, 2018

Less fleas than lice in Black Death’s vise (Victoria Gill, BBC Science)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-18T08:15:03-05:00January 17th, 2018|Academia, Europe, health, History, Medicine, Nature, News, science|0 Comments

New models suggest the plague or Black Death was likely spread more by human lice than rodent fleas.

4 01, 2018

Digitizing the pathways of publishing (Jennifer Clark, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-03T14:53:42-05:00January 4th, 2018|Academia, business, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Libraries, Literature, News, STEM, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

By digital demonstration, researchers discover how publishing pathways and networks spread literacy among various social and economic classes.

2 01, 2018

Science unveils new secrets of Egyptian mummies (Pallab Ghoush, BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-01T17:34:45-05:00January 2nd, 2018|Academia, Africa, Europe, History, Language, Museums, News, Politics, science, Technology|1 Comment

New science reveals hidden secrets of ancient Egypt.

25 12, 2017

Sun, nature, spirit, philanthropy

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-22T20:56:38-05:00December 25th, 2017|Europe, History, Literature, Nature, painting, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, Religion, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

The spirit of philanthropy at Christmas, evoked by nature.

21 12, 2017

The Big Dog: stars and their stories serve to inspire us

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-21T20:19:22-05:00December 21st, 2017|Arts, business, Economics, Europe, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Nature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, Religion, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How stars become dogs, and vice-versa.

13 12, 2017

Tech and the divided world (Berkeley Lovelace, Jr., CNBC)

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-13T11:07:56-05:00December 13th, 2017|business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, History, Journalism, Language, News, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How technology creates a house divided in the name of communication.

12 12, 2017

Rivers of time and change, outside and within

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-12T09:22:03-05:00December 12th, 2017|Debate / dialogue, Europe, History, Literature, People, Philosophy, psychology, Quotes, Religion, Writing|0 Comments

Change over time leads to thoughts of our accepted certainties.

11 12, 2017

The false promises of higher education (Bryan Caplan, Atlantic)

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-11T08:12:28-05:00December 11th, 2017|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, History, Language, Literature, News, poetry, psychology, science, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Universities, born in the Middle Ages, appear to have out-lived their usefulness.