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Value of Life
In today’s Academic Minute, Ben Trachtenberg of the University of Missouri School of Law discusses how economists value human life...
Alice Munro
In today’s Academic Minute, St. Lawrence University's Robert Thacker discusses the work of author Alice Munro. Thacker is Dana Professor...
Literacy and Graphic Novels
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of North Florida's Katie Monnin describes how the use of graphic novels in the...
Drug Doses
In today’s Academic Minute, Amit Pai of the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences examines the problem of adjusting...
Legos and Chemistry
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Connecticut's Nicholas Leadbeater discusses the similarity between molecules and Lego bricks, and reveals...
Race and the History of 'Passing'
In today’s Academic Minute, Vanderbilt University's Daniel Sharfstein examines the long history of racial assimilation in the United States and...
Big Brains and Early Mammals
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Texas at Austin's Timothy Rowe examines how the sense of smell contributed to...
Snowy Owls
n today’s Academic Minute, Cornell University's John Fitzpatrick discusses what we can learn about climate change by observing Snowy Owls...