Bubonic plague and genetic change (Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR)
How the second plague pandemic influenced the genome of its survivors.
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10, 2022
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10, 2022
Humanities down, down under (Simon During, The Conversation)
Weighing the challenges to humanities, in broad historical terms.
6
07, 2022
Pacific migration and matrilocal matrices (Hannah Devlin, The Guardian)
New DNA analysis reveals migration routes of Pacific Islanders.
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06, 2022
Hunting the origins of the Black Death (Malu Cursino, BBC News)
Teeth from Central Asia suggest its first location.
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05, 2022
In the cells of Pompeii (Victoria Gill, BBC News)
New DNA analysis sheds new light on life in Pompeii 79 CE.
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05, 2022
Humanities in high schools (Humanities Indicators)
Students study humanities subjects more, in line with other trends.
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04, 2022
Gardens and the Healing Arts
How artists display the cultivation of health.
12
03, 2022
History is rejuvenation
A conversation about new youth from past events.
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02, 2022
The metrics of a life well-lived (D. Baumann and W. Ruch, Frontiers in Psychology)
Building a model to measure life fulfillment, in retrospect.
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01, 2022
Judging books by their covers (Anna Honer)
Science and history combine to record a forgotten history of the book.