News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
1810, 2021
Recovering the depths of the past (Feza Tabassum Azmi, BBC Future)
Ancient stepwells provide new reservoirs for life in India.
910, 2021
Two cultures and a third (A.C. Grayling, The Article)
How science and business may marginalize the humanities, to their detriment.
2909, 2021
Is there a doctor in the arts? (Myth Parks, The Oakland Post)
A comprehensive review shows the benefits of humanities in medicine.
2709, 2021
Humanities in numbers (Jo Fox, Times Higher Education Supplement)
Augmenting the humanities to address current needs in the job market.
2509, 2021
Finding Merlin (University of Bristol)
New detective work pieces together another view of the medieval wizard.
1509, 2021
Re-thinking the meaning of health (Janelle S. Ayers, Cell)
Health is more than the absence of disease: a new understanding of remaining healthy.
1309, 2021
Automatic failure (Kathryn Dill, Wall Street Journal)
How the algorithm of employment software cannot assess one's job history.
909, 2021
Mindful of oneself (David Robson, BBC Worklife)
How mindfulness may serve to increase one's self-preoccupation.
2408, 2021
The chronic crisis of the humanities (Merve Emre and Len Gutkin, Chronicle of Higher Education)
That the humanities are always in crisis as part of their modern history.
1008, 2021
Olympic training, old and new (Richard Fisher, BBC Future)
Understanding the virtues of ancient Greek Olympic training.