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Warmth of the Penguins
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of California at Merced's François Blanchette discusses the math behind the warmth of a...
Disappearing Texasisms
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Texas at Austin's Lars Hinrichs explains why many features of Texas-English are disappearing...
Banjo D-Tuners
In today’s Academic Minute, Messiah College's Randy Zwally explores the invention of hardware that allows the banjo to be played...
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...