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Ancient Spider Attack
In today’s Academic Minute, Oregon State University's George Poinar analyzes what a piece of amber has to say about the...
Psychology of the Handshake
In today’s Academic Minute, Florin Dolcos of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign examines the importance of the handshake in...
Mathematics and Mapping Epidemics
In today’s Academic Minute, the University at Warwick's Thomas House discusses how mathematical models are increasing our understanding of how...
Guilt and Moral Character
In today’s Academic Minute, Carnegie Mellon University's Taya Cohen analyzes why our moral nature may depend on our response to...
Simple Organism and Evolutionary Security
In today’s Academic Minute, the University at Buffalo's Charles Mitchell examines the evolutionary advantage of keeping things simple. Mitchell is...
Empathy and Analytic Thought
In today’s Academic Minute, Case Western Reserve University's Anthony Jack examines why it’s hard to be analytical and empathetic at...
Cooperation, Competition, and Lefties
This week we’ll be featuring five winners of the 2012 Academic Minute Senior Superlatives. Northwestern University's Daniel Abrams won the...
Naked Mole Rats
This week we’ll be featuring five winners of the 2012 Academic Minute Senior Superlatives. Thomas Park of the University of...