STEM is in the air (Virginia Heffernan, Wired)
STEM has the air of insubstantiality.
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12, 2019
Brain scans spotlight the cast of history (Pierre Gagnepain et al., Nature Human Behavior)
Using neural imaging, the study suggests how collective memory filters our sense of history.
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12, 2019
Art and memory (Ken Smith, WRAL.com)
Viewing art summons the memory of things past.
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12, 2019
The humanities beyond ‘useless’ self-reflection (Karen E. Spierling, The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Asserting the usefulness of the humanities, apart from moneymaking.
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12, 2019
The art of medical conversation (Greg Rienzi, Johns Hopkins Magazine)
How art can provide the medium for caring communication.
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11, 2019
Three Voices for Three Ages
A discussion about technology, education, and the power of art.
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11, 2019
Reflections on the unity of knowledge
The way fields of knowledge form a unity that is increasingly fractured in the modern age.
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11, 2019
Science and the Assyrians (Bess Connolly, YaleNews)
The science of isotopes suggests that drought help fell the Assyrian Empire.
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11, 2019
Gaming the humanities (Valerie Elwell, UCI School of Humanities)
How literature and history deepen the complexity of gaming.
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11, 2019
Being Human Festival, 14-23 November 2019
A festival of the humanities in everyday life.