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The University College London (UCL) Centre for Digital Humanities–in collaboration with 4Humanities–has created a new The Humanities Matter! infographic with statistics and arguments for the humanities in high-impact visual form. Countering clichéd, factually ungrounded criticisms, The Humanities Matter! draws on published statistics and a crowdsourced poll to give a shout out to the humanities in…

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Jane Catherine Lotter’s Self-written Obituary

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Mars Curiosity rover sings ‘Happy Birthday,’ dares Earth to collect royalties

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