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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.

8 09, 2024

Leonardo and the science of scent (Tim Brinkhof, Artnet)

By Humanities Watch|2024-09-08T17:55:00-04:00September 8th, 2024|Academia, Arts, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Medicine, News, painting, science|0 Comments

Leonardo and the science of scent: a recent exhibit explores da Vinci's fascination with smell. From the article: Touted as a multi-sensory, olfactory experience, the exhibition shows that Leonardo got interested in perfumes after comparing the machinations of smell to those of sight and hearing. He collected commercially available perfumes, many of them made [...]

12 05, 2024

Mona Lisa’s mysteries (Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2024-05-12T09:55:26-04:00May 12th, 2024|Academia, Arts, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, News, painting, science|1 Comment

How an art historian and a geologist discovered the location of Mona Lisa.

9 04, 2024

A total eclipse in the arts (Ian Blatchford, The Royal Society)

By Humanities Watch|2024-04-09T20:07:56-04:00April 9th, 2024|Academia, Arts, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Nature, News, painting, Philosophy, Religion, science|0 Comments

The changing face of sun and moon as eclipse in Renaissance art.

19 01, 2024

Words on the brain (Bill Hathaway, YaleNews)

By Humanities Watch|2024-01-19T15:50:06-05:00January 19th, 2024|Academia, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How we develop neural pathways of memory from birth.

2 01, 2024

Humanities and the cloud of unknowing (Agnes Callard, New York Times)

By Humanities Watch|2024-01-12T16:14:58-05:00January 2nd, 2024|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, Language, Literature, mathematics, News, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, science|0 Comments

Whether defending the humanities misses their essence.

28 11, 2023

Prehistoric Renaissance (Elaine Velie, Hyperallergic)

By Humanities Watch|2023-11-28T17:06:48-05:00November 28th, 2023|Academia, Arts, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, News, painting, People, science|0 Comments

Archaeology and science meet art in understanding Renaissance iconography.

5 06, 2023

Roman legacy (Heritage Daily – Archaeology News)

By Humanities Watch|2023-06-05T14:43:24-04:00June 5th, 2023|Academia, Arts, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Nature, News, science, Technology|0 Comments

Roman legacy: the seaside science of ancient concrete. From the article: Around A.D. 79, Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote in his Naturalis historia that concrete structures in harbors, exposed to the constant assault of the saltwater wave, become "a single stone mass, impregnable to the waves and every day stronger." He wasn’t exaggerating. While [...]

12 04, 2023