News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
106, 2021
Peru’s fertile past (Erica Gies, BBC Future)
How pre-Incan science provides answers to modern problems.
2905, 2021
Orwellian AI (BBC News)
The warning about governmental use of AI.
2405, 2021
Jobs for history, history for jobs (Royal Historical Society)
Eliminating history programs cuts employment and the social good.
1805, 2021
The roots of SHAPE, the shape of STEM (OUPblog)
How Britain's new humanities initiative meshes with STEM.
1505, 2021
Thinking critically about careers (David Zhou, RealClearEducation)
The ways the humanities develop critical, strategic thinking for careers.
505, 2021
The humanities payoff (Humanities Indicators)
A new study shows the earnings power of humanities degrees.
2804, 2021
The humanities of healing, post-Covid (Rebekah Widdowfield, The Herald)
Appreciating the human element in the recovery from the pandemic.
2004, 2021
The doctor is in the stars (Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle)
A poet and physician combines his passions in life and art.
1804, 2021
Artificial awareness (Eric James Beyer, Interesting Engineering)
Can artificial intelligence replicate, or enhance, human consciousness?
1404, 2021
Medicine in crisis (Molly Worthen, New York Times)
That the pandemic should usher in a deepening interest in medical humanities.