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  • The Academic Minute for 2016.09.26-09.30

    The Academic Minute for 2016.09.26-09.30

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    Academic Minute from 9.26 – 9.30 Monday, September 26th Stephen Kane – San Francisco State University Second Earth Candidates Stephen Kane has been researching planets around other stars for more than 20 years and has discovered and characterized hundreds of exoplanets, including Kepler-186f, which is the smallest planet yet to have been found in the…

  • Richard Stevens, University of Connecticut – Artificial Lighting and Our Health

    Richard Stevens, University of Connecticut – Artificial Lighting and Our Health

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    Turn off the lights. Richard Stevens, professor in the school of medicine at the University of Connecticut, examines the effects of electric light on our circadian rhythms. Dr. Stevens has been working for a long time trying to help figure out why people get cancer. One of his major interests has been in the possible…

  • This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.09.26)

    This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.09.26)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2016.9.26 Monday, September 26th Stephen Kane of San Francisco State University explores the cosmos for Second Earth candidates. Tuesday, September 27th Richard Stevens of the University of Connecticut examines if artificial light is disrupting our circadian rhythms. Wednesday, September 28th Stephanie Pfirman of Barnard College details if making a game of it…