News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
The breath of memory: the science of our historical lives (ScienceDaily)
The breath of memory: the science of our historical lives. How we breathe, and when we breathe, affects the way we recognize and recall what lies before us. A new study has wide implications for [...]
The business of Britain: Theresa May speaks about investment in science, but not in humanities
The business of Britain: Prime Minister Theresa May speaks about investment in the sciences. But what of the humanities? From her speech: I want to ask you to work with me to show that the forces [...]
History and the contingency of knowledge (Willard Dix, Forbes)
History and contingency of knowledge: the ways that studying the past can teach us how we can better understand one another today. From the editorial: My introduction to the power of the liberal arts came [...]
Code can kill (Bill Sourour, Free Code Camp)
Embedding ethics in the code driving technology.
Monet and leadership (Rob Goldberg, Organization Insight)
Using art to discover deeper meaning in work and life.
Nursery rhymes and brain development (Pallab Ghosh, BBC)
Nursery rhymes and brain development: "baby talk" of parents brings children in sync with their brain waves, helping them learn. From the article: The early indications are that when the brain waves of mothers and [...]
The human difference? (David Robson, BBC)
The human difference? Perhaps the humanities: fluid language and historical sensibility. From the article: The first astonishing fact is that we can speak at all, of course. No matter what you’ve been thinking and feeling [...]
The same wavelength: how language stimulates our minds in similar ways (Ushma Patel, News at Princeton)
The same wavelength: how language stimulates the brains of speakers and listeners in similar ways. Prof. Uri Hasson of Princeton, a philosophy undergraduate major, studies the complexity of understanding with imagination and magnetic resonance imaging. [...]
Voices heard: humanities in the public media (April Simpson, Current)
Voices heard: humanities in the public media. How the arts of communication allow deeper and broader conversation. From the article: Eric Garcia McKinley [a History Ph.D.] will eventually try to engage with underrepresented communities, informing how Minnesota [...]
From past stupidity to future intelligence (The Long+Short)
From past stupidity to future intelligence: Stephen Hawking speaks, not without irony, about AI at the new Centre for the Future of Intelligence at Cambridge. From his remarks: We spend a great deal of time [...]