Jonathan Lear, a noted U. of C. philosophy professor, has died at 76

Jonathan Lear was a longtime University of Chicago philosophy professor and psychoanalyst whose areas of study encompassed ...

Ben Shattuck’s hip and ironic ‘The History of Sound’ a perfect pick for Mark Twain award

The short story collection doesn’t just touch on cultural themes Twain would have appreciated, it deals in the sort of wordplay and conscious undermining of literary formats he popularized.

Progressive Banner Raised in the Heart of Capitalism... New York Poised to Elect Its First Muslim Mayor

"Zoran Mamdani would be an unexpected choice for New York City, the capital of American capitalism," (The New York ...
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religion, Conflict and Reconciliation: Uncovering Taboos (Université catholique de Louvain)

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religion, Conflict and Reconciliation: Uncovering Taboos Religion, conflict, and reconciliation are often entangled with deep taboos – the unspoken, the silenced, the ...
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WEA General Assembly concludes with installation of Botrus Mansour, Seoul Declaration upholding biblical sexuality

The World Evangelical Alliance general assembly concluded in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday evening after four days of ...
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Evolution of Humans

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...
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Field School Merges Archaeology, Ecology, Tribal Rights

The UO's Museum of Natural and Cultural History is helping shift the way archaeology happensStory and photos by Lexie Briggs ...
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CSU hosts Anna Tsing for conversation on human, nonhuman relationships

Colorado State University’s College of Liberal Arts hosted Anna L. Tsing, a professor of anthropology at the University of ...
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ is Freakishly Fantastical

The tagline for Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” reanimates centuries-old debates on the nature of humankind’s relation to ...
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“A Clingy Friend”: AI and the First Public

In her ASA Footnotes article, “Meeting the Moment: Why We Can’t Afford to Let Sociology Classrooms Become Places Where Hope Comes to Die,” Ashley C. Rondini (Franklin & Marshall College) points to ...
eLife

Earliest Evidence of Elephant Butchery at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Reveals the Evolutionary Impact of Early Human Megafaunal Exploitation

The role of megafaunal exploitation in early human evolution remains debated. Occasional use of large carcasses by early hominins has been considered by some as opportunistic, possibly a fallback ...