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Transit of Venus
In today’s Academic Minute, Williams College's Jay Pasachoff explores the rare transit of Venus taking place on June 5. Pasachoff...
Why We Like Round Numbers
In today's Academic Minute -- the feature's 500th edition -- the University of Texas at Austin's Art Markman explores why...
The Pulse: Seton Hill's iPad Experiment
This month's edition of The Pulse podcast features a conversation with Mary Ann Gawelek, provost of Seton Hill University, discussing...
Animal DNA and Traditional Chinese Medicine
In today’s Academic Minute, Murdoch University's Michael Bunce discusses his work using DNA testing to identify the non-declared contents of...
Dinosaurs and Methane
In today’s Academic Minute, Liverpool John Moores University's David Wilkinson explores the role methane may have played in warming the...
Neuropsychology of Religion
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Missouri's Brick Johnstone explores efforts to pinpoint the location of the religious experience...
European Emigration and Argentina
In today’s Academic Minute, Bridget Chesterton of the State University of New York College at Buffalo discusses the common experience...
Nicotine and Memory
In today’s Academic Minute, Vanderbilt University's Paul Newhouse explores research that suggests nicotine may have beneficial effects on aging brains...