News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
The state of play in higher-ed humanities (Humanities Indicators)
The state of play in higher-ed humanities: the findings of a new survey by Humanities Indicators: Overall, the chairs in this sample expressed a high level of concern about the status of the humanities. Approximately [...]
Blossoming art through AI (Leslie Katz, Forbes)
A new exhibit transforms an archive of natural science writing into dynamic visual images.
Stone age sophistication (Universität des Saarlandes)
Researchers uncover the complexities of Stone Age communication.
AI requires the humanities (Jason Ma, Fortune)
Another AI innovator sees the presence of the humanities in AI's future.
AI destroys humanities? (Polly Thompson, Business Insider)
AI heightens the sense of the humanities' uselessness, says one tech CEO.
Humanities can flourish in the corporate world (Benjamin Wolff, Forbes)
The ways the humanities foster creative approaches in today's corporate climate.
Italy before Rome (Genome Biology, Francesco Ravasini et al.)
How DNA research adds to archaeological insights on the migrations of peoples in central Italy before the expansion of Rome.
New patterns of the past (Jerusalem Post)
How archaeologists get an assist from AI to decipher historical meaning.
Funding the humanities (Humanities Indicators)
Data demonstrating strong financial support for the humanities from private and institutional sources.
The humanities in play (Michaela Nesvarova, ScienceBusiness)
A recent report documents the support for humanities-related projects for the European sciences.