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21 01, 2018

Flowers, humanity, and the use of the useless

By Humanities Watch|2019-04-08T10:40:11-04:00January 21st, 2018|Arts, Asia, Everything Else, History, Literature, Nature, painting, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, science, Writing|0 Comments

What is "useless" serves to remind us of our humanity.

19 01, 2018

Healthcare, healing, and Heidegger (Casey Rentmeester, Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-18T20:27:37-05:00January 19th, 2018|Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, health, Language, Medicine, News, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|1 Comment

Philosophy can guide us to better healthcare.

17 01, 2018

Less fleas than lice in Black Death’s vise (Victoria Gill, BBC Science)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-18T08:15:03-05:00January 17th, 2018|Academia, Europe, health, History, Medicine, Nature, News, science|0 Comments

New models suggest the plague or Black Death was likely spread more by human lice than rodent fleas.

15 01, 2018

On science and ignorance, and re-viewing the history of “progress”

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-15T18:01:48-05:00January 15th, 2018|Africa, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, January, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, Quotes, science, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How science meets its limits in questions awaiting answers.

10 01, 2018

The humanities, class, and the university (Justin Stover, American Affairs Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-10T09:37:52-05:00January 10th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

The humanities have little standing in society at large.

7 01, 2018

The beauty of nature observed in its unfolding.

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-06T20:24:13-05:00January 7th, 2018|Europe, Everything Else, Literature, Nature, painting, Philosophy, psychology, Quotes, science, Writing|0 Comments

Beauty in nature is there to be seen, if we have eyes for it.

2 01, 2018

Science unveils new secrets of Egyptian mummies (Pallab Ghoush, BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-01T17:34:45-05:00January 2nd, 2018|Academia, Africa, Europe, History, Language, Museums, News, Politics, science, Technology|1 Comment

New science reveals hidden secrets of ancient Egypt.

22 12, 2017

Meditation on the brain (Matthieu Ricard and Wolf Singer, Atlantic)

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-23T09:20:52-05:00December 22nd, 2017|China, Everything Else, health, News, Philosophy, psychology, Religion, science, STEM|0 Comments

How meditation alters the way the brain functions.

21 12, 2017

The Big Dog: stars and their stories serve to inspire us

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-21T20:19:22-05:00December 21st, 2017|Arts, business, Economics, Europe, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Nature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, Religion, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How stars become dogs, and vice-versa.

18 12, 2017

AI and the uncertainty principle (Dave Gershgorn, Quartz)

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-18T20:55:14-05:00December 18th, 2017|Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, News, Philosophy, psychology, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

AI's sure-footed decisions belie the uncertainty embedded in its programming.