AI and human extinction (Dan Milmo, The Guardian)
A founding scientist warns that AI development threatens humanity with extinction.
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01, 2025
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01, 2025
On philanthropy, science, and dreams
Whitman's observations on what is meaningful in life, and worth supporting.
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11, 2024
Lidar locates another lost city (Georgina Rannard, BBC)
A review of lidar data reveals a hidden ancient city.
20
11, 2024
How the humanities nurture tech, and vice versa
Interviewing Sylvester Johnson, Kluge Chair in Science and Technology, on the humanities' future with technology.
12
11, 2024
Know-how and unlearning
Reflections on Humanities Watch's ninth anniversary.
13
10, 2024
Columbus the wanderer (Sam Jones and Nadeem Badshah, The Guardian)
Researchers claim that DNA documents Columbus's Jewish ancestry.
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08, 2024
Song of the whales (Katherine Latham and Anna Bressanin, BBC Future)
Patient study of sperm whales' soundings uses AI to discern their language.
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08, 2024
The art of the cave (John Hill, world-architects.com)
An interview with Snøhetta co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen about path to re-creating Lascaux and its art.
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06, 2024
Language learning in the wild (Guardian, Agence France-Presse)
Researchers gain insight into elephants' individualized communication.
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05, 2024
Cutting-edge ancient medicine (Tatiana Tondini, Albert Isidro, Edgard Camerós)
Microscopic analysis reveals ancient Egyptian skill at cancer surgery.