Are you a musical omnivore? In today's Academic Minute, Paul Elvers of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics explores how social origins don’t always predict musical taste. Elvers is a research fellow at the Planck Institute, in Germany. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.
Why do some chromosomes act selfishly? In today’s Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week, Patrick Ferree finds out.
Fiction can bring truth to the fore. In today’s Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week, Myriam J.A. Chancy looks into the history of Caribbean women.
Photography can reveal many hidden things about the people who lived centuries ago. In today’s Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week, Ken Gonzales-Day looks back at some.
We’re all tired of waiting. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Texas at Austin’s Annabelle Roberts says we’re most impatient right before we get what we want.
