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Inclement Space Weather
We've come very close to an interstellar calamity. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Colorado at Boulder's Daniel Baker...
Micro-Pathogens
Microscopic pathogens are all around us, working to make us sick. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Saskatchewan's Joseph...
Explaining Consciousness
We’re still in the infancy of neuroscience. In today's Academic Minute, George Washington University's Mohamad Koubeissi helps to unravel the...
Program 25: Higher Education, After Election 2014 / Competency Goes Mainstream (Nov. 7, 2014)
Our Nov. 7 program begins with a look at the implications for higher education of the results of Tuesday's elections...
An Ethics of Joking
Have you ever been offended by a joke? In today's Academic Minute, Gettysburg College's Steve Gimbel discusses the nature of...
The Quality of Exercise
Sometimes the old cliché less is more actually fits. In today's Academic Minute, Skidmore College's Paul Arciero discusses how the...
Who Benefits Most From Higher Ed?
In today's Academic Minute, the University of California at Los Angeles's Jennie Brand explains how the benefit of attending college...
American Regionalism
It’s Election Day in the U.S. and all across the country, voters will be casting ballots for their preferred candidate...