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Art and the Neuroscience of Color

In today’s Academic Minute, Wellesley College's Bevil Conway discusses how the brain creates color and reveals methods artists have used...

Nostalgia for Communism

In today’s Academic Minute, Bowdoin College's Kristen Ghodsee explains why after only two decades, many former Eastern Bloc countries are...

Why We Like Horror

In today’s Academic Minute, Lock Haven University's Dan Shaw explores the range of theories explaining why many of us enjoy...

Overcoming Fear

In today’s Academic Minute, Purchase College's Paul Siegel discusses how facing your fears can help you overcome them, even if...

Witch Hunts and Men

In today’s Academic Minute, Cornell University's Mary Beth Norton explores why the Salem witchcraft crisis was statistically more dangerous for...

Strategic Default and Mimetic Herding

In today’s Academic Minute, Old Dominion University's Michael Seiler discusses how the human tendency to copy the behavior of those...

China’s Feng Shui Forests

In today’s Academic Minute, Christopher Coggins of Simon's Rock of Bard College describes how the Chinese practice of feng shui...

The DH Rule and Moral Hazard

In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Arkansas's Dustin Buehler examines a link between the designated hitter rule and the...