Technology Archives

4 04, 2025

Marvels of Merlin revealed (Donna Ferguson, BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2025-04-04T16:16:28-04:00April 4th, 2025|education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, News, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

Researchers unveil a hidden medieval manuscript of Merlin and Arthur hidden in a Renaissance book.

24 02, 2025

Unscrolling the past with AI (Ian Sample, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2025-02-24T17:13:06-05:00February 24th, 2025|Academia, education, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

New AI technology allows us to peer inside damaged writings from the past.

8 02, 2025

Lost quiet (Sam Pyrah, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2025-02-08T17:34:51-05:00February 8th, 2025|Academia, Arts, education, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, March, Medicine, Nature, News, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

That living in silence is a lost, but needed, practice.

11 01, 2025

AI and human extinction (Dan Milmo, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2025-01-12T09:49:15-05:00January 11th, 2025|Academia, April, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, March, mathematics, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A founding scientist warns that AI development threatens humanity with extinction.

12 12, 2024

Last words no longer lost (Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2024-12-12T07:31:34-05:00December 12th, 2024|education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, News, psychology, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

New technologies reveal etched writings for the first time.

24 11, 2024

Lidar locates another lost city (Georgina Rannard, BBC)

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-24T14:30:19-05:00November 24th, 2024|April, Arts, Central / South America, education, environment, Everything Else, History, March, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A review of lidar data reveals a hidden ancient city.

20 11, 2024

How the humanities nurture tech, and vice versa

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-21T06:02:32-05:00November 20th, 2024|Academia, Everything Else, History, Philosophy, Quotes, Religion, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Interviewing Sylvester Johnson, Kluge Chair in Science and Technology, on the humanities' future with technology.

9 08, 2024

Song of the whales (Katherine Latham and Anna Bressanin, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2024-08-09T19:54:07-04:00August 9th, 2024|Academia, environment, Everything Else, Language, Nature, News, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Patient study of sperm whales' soundings uses AI to discern their language.

1 08, 2024

The art of the cave (John Hill, world-architects.com)

By Humanities Watch|2024-08-01T15:34:12-04:00August 1st, 2024|Europe, Museums, Nature, painting, Religion, STEM, Technology, Videos|1 Comment

An interview with Snøhetta co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen about path to re-creating Lascaux and its art.

9 07, 2024

Decoding the DNA of human sacrifice (Aylin Woodward, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2024-07-09T12:09:14-04:00July 9th, 2024|Academia, Central / South America, Everything Else, History, News, Religion, Technology|0 Comments

How genetic science helps us understand the rituals of human sacrifice among the Mayans.