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6 02, 2018

Geometry and self-understanding

Humanities Watch2018-02-06T08:46:19-05:00February 6th, 2018|Europe, Everything Else, mathematics, Philosophy, psychology, Quotes, Religion|0 Comments

Geometry can help us realize our true measure.

4 02, 2018

Laser lights up Mayan civilization (Jacey Fortin, New York Times)

Humanities Watch2018-02-04T07:24:32-05:00February 4th, 2018|Central / South America, Everything Else, History, News, Photography, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

How we can learn from the ancients, assisted by modern science.

2 02, 2018

The humanities and healing (IFL Science)

Humanities Watch2018-02-02T07:44:52-05:00February 2nd, 2018|History, Medicine, News, Philosophy, poetry, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The humanities help doctors heal others and themselves through a greater sense of wholeness.

30 01, 2018

Science and the superficial life

Humanities Watch2023-10-14T18:04:47-04:00January 30th, 2018|Arts, Asia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, psychology, Quotes, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Can science promote, or impede, the understanding of our higher purpose?

28 01, 2018

The humanities need no case

Humanities Watch2018-03-18T07:48:28-04:00January 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.

23 01, 2018

The humanities’ dance with STEM (Alan Livsey, Financial Times)

Humanities Watch2018-01-24T20:54:39-05:00January 23rd, 2018|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, News, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A new book outlines the alliance between humanities and STEM.

21 01, 2018

Flowers, humanity, and the use of the useless

Humanities Watch2019-04-08T10:40:11-04:00January 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.

19 01, 2018

Healthcare, healing, and Heidegger (Casey Rentmeester, Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy)

Humanities Watch2018-01-18T20:27:37-05:00January 19th, 2018|Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, health, Language, Medicine, News, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|1 Comment

Philosophy can guide us to better healthcare.

17 01, 2018

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

Humanities Watch2018-01-18T08:15:03-05:00January 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.

15 01, 2018

On science and ignorance, and re-viewing the history of “progress”

Humanities Watch2018-01-15T18:01:48-05:00January 15th, 2018|Africa, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, January, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, Quotes, science, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How science meets its limits in questions awaiting answers.