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.
14
11, 2022
Working Well (Humanities Indicators)
A new study charts how satisfied humanities graduates are with their work.
10
11, 2022
On modern education, east and west
That universities deprive their students and society with a focus on career preparation.
3
11, 2022
Pride, work, and health
On being, and not being, indispensable.
25
10, 2022
Bubonic plague and genetic change (Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR)
How the second plague pandemic influenced the genome of its survivors.
22
10, 2022
Cézanne’s way of seeing (Matthew Wilson, BBC Culture)
Cézanne's work vibrates with insights from philosophy and neurology.
16
10, 2022
Bulls and bears, in stock, stars, and poetry
Bulls and bears during the South Sea Bubble of 1720.
5
10, 2022
Humanities down, down under (Simon During, The Conversation)
Weighing the challenges to humanities, in broad historical terms.
2
10, 2022
Language lessons learned (Humanities Indicators)
Greater numbers but less diversity among foreign languages.