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24 02, 2025

Unscrolling the past with AI (Ian Sample, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2025-02-24T17:13:06-05:00February 24th, 2025|Academia, education, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

New AI technology allows us to peer inside damaged writings from the past.

12 12, 2024

Last words no longer lost (Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2024-12-12T07:31:34-05:00December 12th, 2024|education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, News, psychology, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

New technologies reveal etched writings for the first time.

9 07, 2024

Decoding the DNA of human sacrifice (Aylin Woodward, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2024-07-09T12:09:14-04:00July 9th, 2024|Academia, Central / South America, Everything Else, History, News, Religion, Technology|0 Comments

How genetic science helps us understand the rituals of human sacrifice among the Mayans.

30 05, 2024

Cutting-edge ancient medicine (Tatiana Tondini, Albert Isidro, Edgard Camerós)

By Humanities Watch|2024-05-30T12:02:48-04:00May 30th, 2024|Academia, Africa, Europe, Everything Else, History, Medicine, News, STEM|0 Comments

Microscopic analysis reveals ancient Egyptian skill at cancer surgery.

19 01, 2024

Words on the brain (Bill Hathaway, YaleNews)

By Humanities Watch|2024-01-19T15:50:06-05:00January 19th, 2024|Academia, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How we develop neural pathways of memory from birth.

12 01, 2024

Corporate coup (Huck Gutman, Common Dreams)

By Humanities Watch|2024-01-12T16:27:31-05:00January 12th, 2024|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How the humanities suffer in the challenge to corporate culture.

15 10, 2023

Hidden paintings (Kenneth Chang, New York Times)

By Humanities Watch|2023-10-15T15:08:15-04:00October 15th, 2023|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, News, painting, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How hyperspectral cameras allow new secrets in old paintings to surface.

17 09, 2023

Humanities superpower

By Humanities Watch|2023-09-17T06:52:32-04:00September 17th, 2023|Arts, business, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, poetry, Quotes, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

An interview with Rishi Jaitly of VT's Institute for Leadership in Technology.

18 08, 2023

Taking the lead through the humanities (Jenny Kincaid Boone, Virginia Tech News)

By Humanities Watch|2023-08-18T15:48:51-04:00August 18th, 2023|Academia, business, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, poetry, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Technology leaders find new dimensions of stewardship through the humanities.

23 05, 2023

Rome reborn in our lives

By Humanities Watch|2023-05-24T08:57:37-04:00May 23rd, 2023|Academia, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, painting, Philosophy, Quotes, Writing|0 Comments

How travel to Rome is also a search for meaning.