News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
1009, 2022
More STEM, fewer humanities (J.M. Thomas, The Spectator)
Rhetorical and ethical questions about the humanities, resolved by reducing them.
2308, 2022
A call for humanities (Daedalus)
Humanities engage the public interest.
2607, 2022
Climate change in history (University of Glasgow, Phys.Org)
Adapting to shifts in climate in the 5th-C. Eastern Mediterranean.
607, 2022
Pacific migration and matrilocal matrices (Hannah Devlin, The Guardian)
New DNA analysis reveals migration routes of Pacific Islanders.
307, 2022
The loss of lit (The Guardian)
Vocational criteria determine higher educational priorities.
3006, 2022
Hunting the origins of the Black Death (Malu Cursino, BBC News)
Teeth from Central Asia suggest its first location.
1406, 2022
Sentient AI (Patrick Thomas, Wall Street Journal)
Controversy over the rights of an AI bot at Google.
3105, 2022
In the cells of Pompeii (Victoria Gill, BBC News)
New DNA analysis sheds new light on life in Pompeii 79 CE.
1805, 2022
Humanities in high schools (Humanities Indicators)
Students study humanities subjects more, in line with other trends.
1305, 2022
Split minds, split hearts (Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed)
The liberal arts are crucial, but increasingly dispensable.