Less fleas than lice in Black Death’s vise (Victoria Gill, BBC Science)
New models suggest the plague or Black Death was likely spread more by human lice than rodent fleas.
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01, 2018
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01, 2018
On science and ignorance, and re-viewing the history of “progress”
How science meets its limits in questions awaiting answers.
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01, 2018
The humanities, class, and the university (Justin Stover, American Affairs Journal)
The humanities have little standing in society at large.
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01, 2018
Digitizing the pathways of publishing (Jennifer Clark, Wall Street Journal)
By digital demonstration, researchers discover how publishing pathways and networks spread literacy among various social and economic classes.
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01, 2018
Science unveils new secrets of Egyptian mummies (Pallab Ghoush, BBC News)
New science reveals hidden secrets of ancient Egypt.
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12, 2017
Tech and the divided world (Berkeley Lovelace, Jr., CNBC)
How technology creates a house divided in the name of communication.
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12, 2017
The false promises of higher education (Bryan Caplan, Atlantic)
Universities, born in the Middle Ages, appear to have out-lived their usefulness.
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12, 2017
Humanities education adapts technology for today and tomorrow (Harry Begg, Washington Examiner)
Humanities education for the New Industrial Age.
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11, 2017
On American reading, technology, and intellectual life
How American society limits our reading and concentration, also by technology.
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11, 2017
Thinking and thanking: reflections on Humanities Watch’s second anniversary
Reflections on thinking, thanking, and remembrance at the close of two years.