Over the summer, third-year graduate student Amelia Lamis completed a research internship with the Gardens of the Roman Empire Project, a digital humanities initiative that aims to bring knowledge of ...

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.

Increase influenced by datacentre growth, with estimated power required by 2026 equalling that of Japan’s

LGBTQ+ emblem disappears from above Matlock Christian bookshop as manager says they are ‘not happy with the gay rights situation’ The spa town of Matlock in the Peak District is known for the joyful flags adorning its historical high street. The St George’s Cross, the union flag, the Derbyshire county flag and the Pride flag flutter brightly above the town’s many independent businesses. That was until a row erupted that has divided the town, after the mysterious disappearance of a Pride flag turned out to be the work of the very council that had installed it. Continue reading...

The actor, who was Comanche and White Mountain Apache, was shot in a targeted hate crime while protecting his husband.

An original call to reorient architecture around our relationship to plants.   When we look at trees, we see a form of natural architecture, and yet we have seemingly always exploited trees to make ne...

Now a contractor for ICE, the officer was on a list of disgraced cops in Milwaukee. His report helped send a man to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

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Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics

St. John’s College invites applications for a fixed-term 1.0 FTE Early Career Lectureship in Early Modern French. The aim of this post is to offer the individual postholder career development and inte...

Botanic gardens have evolved from medicinal gardens to scientific institutions, Now, they must become conservation leaders on a global scale

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From Jeremy Dunham: Final CFP: The Northern Seminar in Late Modern Philosophy 19-20 June 2025, University of Durham, UK Keynote Speakers   Trevor Pearce (UNC, Charlotte) Emily Thomas (Durham) …

PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] The hidden voices of early printed books (c. 1450-1750): A data-driven approach to social justice in library catalogues of small and medium heritage collections at...

An insightful biography of the pioneering scientist

For decades, diehard fans have joined together to read Herman Melville’s 600-page novel aloud in exotic locations Every fall on Venice beach, local residents set up a director’s chair by the water. A harpoon goes on one side, a whalebone on the other.…

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A revelatory account of the “wonder drug” theriac, which became a powerful tool in the hands of medical and political authorities at the height of the Italian Renaissance.From the 1490s, one of the mo...