Bread of the Pharaohs (Alix Kroeger, BBC News)
Reviving 5000-year-old bread yeast to understand ancient Egypt.
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08, 2019
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08, 2019
Medieval monks and modern science (BBC Ideas)
Medieval monastic observations aid astronomy about comets and other heavenly objects.
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08, 2019
LiDAR illuminates the past (Erin Blakemore, National Geographic)
LiDar reveals new evidence of past societies, revolutionizing archaeology.
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08, 2019
Advanced Robotics find Renaissance shipwreck (Sten Hankewitz, Estonian World)
How a robotics team located a Renaissance ship in nearly perfect condition.
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08, 2019
“Engineering before engineers” (Alex Abrams, Wake Forest University)
Appreciating the historical roots of engineering in Renaissance ingenuity.
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07, 2019
Humanities, self-knowledge, and our digital times
Discussing the need to re-discover the historical force of the humanities in our scattered lives.
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06, 2019
Einstein’s vision of God (Brian Gallagher, Nautilus)
Einstein's shifting conceptions of God draw on historical parallels.
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06, 2019
The history in our bones (Zaria Gorvett, BBC Future)
How our bones reveal our historical choices.
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05, 2019
Why physics needs the humanities (Lincoln Carr, Physics World)
How physics can re-discover its kinship with the humanities.
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05, 2019
The shrinking humanities (Rosário Couto Costa, Palgrave Communications)
The downward spiral in humanities is a loss for all.