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13 06, 2019

The history in our bones (Zaria Gorvett, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2019-06-13T08:52:11-04:00June 13th, 2019|environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, News, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

How our bones reveal our historical choices.

13 05, 2019

To the rescue of the humanities (Ryane Liao, The Stanford Daily)

By Humanities Watch|2019-05-13T12:22:39-04:00May 13th, 2019|Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Journalism, Literature, News, Philosophy, Religion, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Rescuing the humanities in five steps.

29 04, 2019

What, me worry? (Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2019-04-28T19:44:38-04:00April 29th, 2019|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, Libraries, Museums, News, Philosophy, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The reports of the death of the humanities have been an exaggeration.

6 04, 2019

Still more fables for modern times

By Humanities Watch|2019-04-07T07:52:25-04:00April 6th, 2019|Arts, Debate / dialogue, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Observations, Philosophy, science, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

Fables can still suit these times.

2 04, 2019

AI and classics (Kyle Wiggers, VentureBeat)

By Humanities Watch|2019-04-02T14:53:31-04:00April 2nd, 2019|Academia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Grammatically speaking, History, Language, Literature, News, STEM, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

AI helps researchers understand how ancient Greek evolved.

26 03, 2019

DNA shows Tudor diversity (Nicola Davis, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2019-03-26T07:11:36-04:00March 26th, 2019|Europe, Everything Else, History, News, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

DNA from the Mary Rose shows an ethnically diverse crew.

22 03, 2019

The truth of Herodotus confirmed by modern science (Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2019-03-21T20:39:10-04:00March 22nd, 2019|Academia, Europe, Everything Else, History, News, science, STEM|0 Comments

Scientists uncover the evidence for Herodotus's account.

11 03, 2019

History is Our Future

By Humanities Watch|2019-03-13T10:30:20-04:00March 11th, 2019|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada|1 Comment

How history lies in wait for its discovery as it shapes who we become.

26 02, 2019

The humanities in shadow (Robert Zaretsky, Chronicle of Higher Education)

By Humanities Watch|2019-02-25T20:58:50-05:00February 26th, 2019|Academia, education, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The humanities in decline and what needs doing.

13 01, 2019

The science of beauty

By Humanities Watch|2019-01-14T09:42:18-05:00January 13th, 2019|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, mathematics, Philosophy, Religion, science, STEM, Videos|0 Comments

Math, beauty, humor combine in this engaging talk.

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