News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
2311, 2019
Math and language study (Anand Jagatia, BBC Future)
Language differences may enhance or inhibit ability in math.
1911, 2019
Science and the Assyrians (Bess Connolly, YaleNews)
The science of isotopes suggests that drought help fell the Assyrian Empire.
1111, 2019
Gaming the humanities (Valerie Elwell, UCI School of Humanities)
How literature and history deepen the complexity of gaming.
611, 2019
Your reading mind (Markham Heid, Medium)
A summary of studies that demonstrate how reading enlarges our mind.
3010, 2019
The surprising careers from the humanities (Amanda Ruggeri, BBC Worklife)
More evidence of how humanities study leads to wide-ranging careers.
2910, 2019
Humanities and business (Gianpiero Petriglieri, Harvard Business Review)
How business can make use of the humanities without turning them into something useful.
2610, 2019
Humanities should take a back seat to tech (Jacob Wolinsky, ValueWalk)
An argument for tech's ascendence and the humanities' demise.
2210, 2019
Tell me a story about money (Heather Long, Washington Post)
The dismal science of economics is brightened by narrative.
1610, 2019
On the efforts to preserve knowledge (Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura)
An itinerary into libraries' collected knowledge, preserved from the past.
1510, 2019
Night at the museums (Humanities Indicators)
Falling attendance at museums may indicate a lagging interest in humanities.