Math, logic, and the Holy Roman Emperor (Hugh Schofield, BBC News)
The science of cryptography helps unlock a secret 16th-C. exchange.
2
12, 2022
16
11, 2022
Finding time and space for words, and words for time and space (Miriam Frankel and Matt Warren, BBC Future)
Studying how a language shapes perception of time and space.
3
11, 2022
Pride, work, and health
On being, and not being, indispensable.
16
10, 2022
Bulls and bears, in stock, stars, and poetry
Bulls and bears during the South Sea Bubble of 1720.
2
10, 2022
Language lessons learned (Humanities Indicators)
Greater numbers but less diversity among foreign languages.
26
09, 2022
AI in the humanities (Nicholas Agar, Diplomatic Courier)
The ways AI infiltrates the humanities, and a suggested response.
23
08, 2022
A call for humanities (Daedalus)
Humanities engage the public interest.
20
08, 2022
The doctor retires
Poetic reflections on the meaning of medicine.
12
08, 2022
The Healing Place of Trees in Art
Finding health in the art of nature.
27
07, 2022
A house call
Bedside manners and narrative medicine, late-19th-C.