Monthly Archive:: July 2014
Tightly held companies and corporations are often controlled by a small group of family members. As
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31/7/2014
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our
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30/7/2014
Some people are inherently pessimistic. Others tend to focus on the positive and maintain a sunny
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30/7/2014
Yawns are something of a physiological mystery. Elizabeth Cirulli, an assistant professor of medicine at Duke
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29/7/2014
Names, specifically how names sound, have great influence over their perception. Sam Maglio, assistant professor of
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28/7/2014
“We have computers that can beat the best human Jeopardy! players, and yet we rely on
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25/7/2014
The Academic Minute is pleased to welcome two new stations into the family: WGSU 89.3 –
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24/7/2014
Eager parents looking to lend a helping hand in their children’s education might take a hard
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24/7/2014
Many people are scared of spiders. But, Paul Selden, professor of invertebrate paleontology at the University
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23/7/2014
Playing a high school sport is a great start to a long, healthy life. Brian Wansink,
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22/7/2014