Monthly Archive:: September 2014
Patrick Forber, Tufts University – Evolution of Spite
Evolutionary theorists, by contrast, are studying what might be viewed as the brighter side of spite,
30/9/2014
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William Alex Pridemore, GSU – Incarceration and Early Death
The health care of prisoners is a topic familiar to the The Academic Minute. Where the
29/9/2014
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Ching-Hua Chuan, University of North Florida – Composing with Computers
If you’ve seen the Academy Award winning film Amadeus, you’ll recall the laborious depictions of Mozart
26/9/2014
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Hawley Montgomery-Downs, WVU – Sleep Disruption
The image of the sleep-deprived parent tending to a middle-of-the-night feeding is a common one when
25/9/2014
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Kirsten Beyer featured on The Best of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our
24/9/2014
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Radu Sporea, University of Surrey – Engineering Complexity
That smart-phone in your pocket is one amazing device. Dr. Radu Sporea, The Academic Minute‘s resident
24/9/2014
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Amit Bhattacharjee, Dartmouth College – Marketing Backfire
The goal of effective marketing is to target potential consumers. Dr. Amit Bhattacharjee, a professor of
23/9/2014
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Jennie Brand, UCLA – Single Mother Employment Outcomes
Being a single parent is tough. Being an unemployed single parent is even tougher. Dr. Jennie
22/9/2014
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Joshua Weitz, Georgia Tech – Co-Evolution
“Our work shows that co-evolution can yield new and unique behavior at the population scale,” explained
19/9/2014
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Frank Thompson, University of Missouri – Songbird Populations
A recent NPR piece discussed the threat of climate change on bird populations and what that
18/9/2014
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