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The Bottom Dollar Effect
Is the satisfaction of one’s purchase dependent on the money left after the transaction is complete? In today's Academic Minute...
Biomedical Patents
With new technological advances come unforeseen legal issues. In today's Academic Minute, Rice University's Kirsten Matthews addresses the patenting process...
The Evolution of Spite
In today's Academic Minute, Tufts University's Patrick Forber explains the work he and a team of researchers are doing on...
Prisoner Health
The health care of prisoners is a topic familiar to the Academic Minute. Where the previous segment focused on the...
Program 19: Scientists and Humanists, Divided / The Future of the LMS (Sept. 26, 2014)
Our September 26 program featured discussions of politics and technology. In the first segment, the University of California at Berkeley's...
Composing with Computers
If you've seen the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus, you'll recall the laborious depictions of Mozart as he composed his musical...
Sleep Disruption
The image of the sleep-deprived parent tending to a middle-of-the-night feeding is a common one when you think about caring...
Engineering Complexity
That smart phone in your pocket is one amazing device. In today's Academic Minute, the the University of Surrey's Radu...