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Sick Days and Flu Outbreaks
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Pittsburgh's Supriya Kumar explores how flu outbreaks can be reduced by encouraging workers...
GPS Hijacking
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Texas at Austin's Todd Humphreys explains a newfound threat to the transportation industry...
Pesticides and Bee Behavior
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Nottingham's Reinhard Stöger discusses how pesticides can alter the DNA and behavior of...
Bugging Tropical Forests
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Puerto Rico's Mitchell Aide explores how electronically bugging a tropical forest can provide...
Female Control of Sexual Selection
In today’s Academic Minute, Syracuse University's Stefan Lüpold examines how females of certain species can pick the father of their...
The Origin of Summer Vacation
In today’s Academic Minute, Dartmouth College's Bill Fischel discusses the history of the modern academic calendar. Fischel is a professor...
Recreating the Remora Grip
In today’s Academic Minute, Georgia Institute of Technology's Jason Nadler explains how the remora is able to maintain such a...
Understanding Lava
In today’s Academic Minute, Einat Lev of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory discusses her research into the properties of flowing...