History as Science – Metanexus

Science’s Humanities Gap
By the Editor on September 19, 2013
In his recent sermon to humanists, “Science Is Not Your Enemy,” the psychologist Steven Pinker makes an impressive plea...
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Four Reasons You Shouldn’t Exist
By the Editor on September 3, 2013
You’re almost unfathomably lucky to exist, in almost every conceivable way. Don’t take it the wrong way. You, me,...
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How Wonder Works
By the Editor on July 3, 2013
When I was growing up in New York City, a high point of my calendar was the annual arrival...
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Stop Hyping Big Data and Start Paying Attention to ‘Long Data’
By the Editor on January 29, 2013
Our species can’t seem to escape big data. We have more data inputs, storage, and computing resources than ever,...
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Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack at TEDxSantaCruz
By the Editor on January 3, 2013
Joel Primack is a professor of physics and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His wife, Nancy...
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Low-Water Rivers Offering Up Glimpse of History
By the Editor on December 27, 2012
Lack of rain has left many rivers at low levels unseen for decades, and while this creates problems for...
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Forget Extinct: The Brontosaurus Never Even Existed
By the Editor on December 13, 2012
It may have something to do with all those Brontosaurus burgers everyone’s favorite modern stone-age family ate, but when...
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A World Without History
By the Editor on November 28, 2012
According to Aristotelian philosophy, earth was eternal, a world without history and with no end. Only with the advent...
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Medieval Tomes Hold Surprising Fossil Record
By the Editor on November 21, 2012
A smattering of white spots found among the ink in medieval books aren’t just printing errors — they’re actually...
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100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Found Fossilized in Amber
By the Editor on October 9, 2012
Researchers have found what they say is the only fossil ever discovered of a spider attack on prey caught...
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