News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
Last words no longer lost (Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)
New technologies reveal etched writings for the first time.
Lidar locates another lost city (Georgina Rannard, BBC)
A review of lidar data reveals a hidden ancient city.
The present humanities in a global scope (World Humanities Report)
An annual review of the state of global humanities.
Columbus the wanderer (Sam Jones and Nadeem Badshah, The Guardian)
Researchers claim that DNA documents Columbus's Jewish ancestry.
The music of the fishes (Alessia Franco and David Robson, BBC Future)
How ancient oral traditions teach the rhythms and methods of fishing in Sicily.
Leonardo and the science of scent (Tim Brinkhof, Artnet)
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 [...]
Song of the whales (Katherine Latham and Anna Bressanin, BBC Future)
Patient study of sperm whales' soundings uses AI to discern their language.
Art Therapy in The Great War (BBC News)
An insightful nurse used art to help WWI soldiers heal.
Decoding the DNA of human sacrifice (Aylin Woodward, Wall Street Journal)
How genetic science helps us understand the rituals of human sacrifice among the Mayans.
The novel brain (Carol Clark, Emory University eScienceCommons)
Greater engagement with language and with other lives through reading novels.