Bubonic plague and genetic change (Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR)
How the second plague pandemic influenced the genome of its survivors.
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10, 2022
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10, 2022
Cézanne’s way of seeing (Matthew Wilson, BBC Culture)
Cézanne's work vibrates with insights from philosophy and neurology.
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09, 2022
AI in the humanities (Nicholas Agar, Diplomatic Courier)
The ways AI infiltrates the humanities, and a suggested response.
10
09, 2022
More STEM, fewer humanities (J.M. Thomas, The Spectator)
Rhetorical and ethical questions about the humanities, resolved by reducing them.
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08, 2022
The doctor retires
Poetic reflections on the meaning of medicine.
6
07, 2022
Pacific migration and matrilocal matrices (Hannah Devlin, The Guardian)
New DNA analysis reveals migration routes of Pacific Islanders.
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07, 2022
The loss of lit (The Guardian)
Vocational criteria determine higher educational priorities.
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06, 2022
Hunting the origins of the Black Death (Malu Cursino, BBC News)
Teeth from Central Asia suggest its first location.
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06, 2022
Sentient AI (Patrick Thomas, Wall Street Journal)
Controversy over the rights of an AI bot at Google.
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06, 2022
Self-reflection points
An enterprise to bring literature to working life.