How and why language evolved remains a mystery.
Why AI Can’t Solve Everything
We are now seeing governments pledge support to national AI initiatives and compete in a technological and rhetorical arms race to dominate the burgeoning machine learning sector.
We are now seeing governments pledge support to national AI initiatives and compete in a technological and rhetorical arms race to dominate the burgeoning machine learning sector.
Companies Accused of Crimes Get More Digital Privacy Rights Than People Under New Trump Policy
Many people arrested for a crime are eventually released without charges, but that doesn’t stop U.S. criminal justice agencies from releasing floods of preconviction data on innocent people.
Many people arrested for a crime are eventually released without charges, but that doesn’t stop U.S. criminal justice agencies from releasing floods of preconviction data on innocent people.
Museum Specimens Could Help Fight the Next Pandemic – Why Preserving Collections Is Crucial to Future Scientific Discoveries
National institutes of health genomic data sharing policy now promotes archiving molecular sequence data (That is, dna and rna) Generated from tissue samples.
National institutes of health genomic data sharing policy now promotes archiving molecular sequence data (That is, dna and rna) Generated from tissue samples.
How Curators Transferred Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks’ Archives to Escape Wildfires
Why were the archives of Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks evacuated?
Why were the archives of Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks evacuated?
From Charles Dickens To Woolly Mammoths: Great Long Reads of 2020
There have been stories of innovation and pure joy, intensely personal journeys as well as in-depth, data driven analysis.
There have been stories of innovation and pure joy, intensely personal journeys as well as in-depth, data driven analysis.
W.E.B. du Bois Embraced Science To Fight Racism as Editor of NAACP’s Magazine the Crisis
Sociologists Patrick Greiner and Brett Clark and I recently pored through the magnificent W.E.B. Du Bois Papers at the Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Sociologists Patrick Greiner and Brett Clark and I recently pored through the magnificent W.E.B. Du Bois Papers at the Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
US Gun Violence: Too Many People Have Died in 2020 – and COVID Played a Larger Part Than You Think
We took a closer look at these 582 mass shootings and found that in the majority (51%), no one was killed
We took a closer look at these 582 mass shootings and found that in the majority (51%), no one was killed
Bird Poop and Lake Mud ‘Time Machine’ Reveal Dramatic Seabird Declines
Human interference with storm petrel colonies didn’t stop there.
Human interference with storm petrel colonies didn’t stop there.
Exploring the Indian Ocean as a Rich Archive of History – Above and Below the Water Line
Originally destined for Indian Ocean port cities, this pottery would have been purchased by merchant elites accustomed to eating off fine plates.
Originally destined for Indian Ocean port cities, this pottery would have been purchased by merchant elites accustomed to eating off fine plates.
How To Fight Holocaust Denial in Social Media – With the Evidence of What Really Happened
While some tech companies address the rise in Holocaust revisionism, and others leave the door open, social networks have played an unwitting role in helping to distort the memory of these horrific events.
While some tech companies address the rise in Holocaust revisionism, and others leave the door open, social networks have played an unwitting role in helping to distort the memory of these horrific events.
Brazil’s President Rejects COVID-19 Vaccine, Undermining a Century of Progress Toward Universal Inoculation
The smallpox vaccine had arrived in Brazil almost a century earlier. But the syringes were long, left skin pockmarked and could transmit other diseases such as syphilis.
The smallpox vaccine had arrived in Brazil almost a century earlier. But the syringes were long, left skin pockmarked and could transmit other diseases such as syphilis.
A Forgotten Coup in the American Heartland Echoes Trump
A person could not drive on the roads outside Tulsa without being hijacked
A person could not drive on the roads outside Tulsa without being hijacked
Colonialism, Power and Culture: Why Reading French Anthropologist Georges Balandier Is Crucial Today
Balandier’s anthropology was therefore a “dynamic anthropology”, an approach that bears a surprising resemblance to the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu.
Balandier’s anthropology was therefore a “dynamic anthropology”, an approach that bears a surprising resemblance to the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu.
Waqt Al-Tagheer: Time of Change Explores the Diversity of Muslim Australian Identities
The eerie lighting and vibrant colour deployed brilliantly by Abdullah in these two archival prints are at odds with how the couples are represented – as quasi-terrorists.
The eerie lighting and vibrant colour deployed brilliantly by Abdullah in these two archival prints are at odds with how the couples are represented – as quasi-terrorists.
As Wentworth Slips Quietly Onto the Abc, the Series Still Asks Tough Questions About Gender Politics
This ground-breaking and much acclaimed Foxtel drama.
This ground-breaking and much acclaimed Foxtel drama.