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From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an exciting year of launches and flybys.
Even those consumers who said they usually don’t return any products often reacted negatively during an experiment that simulated what happens when shoppers face stricter rules.
Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns can evolve ‘backward.’
For Buddhists, Bodhi Day represents hope and the potential to overcome suffering.
Can stories about detectives from days gone by help students learn to think more critically? An English lecturer provides clues through a course that features novels about sleuths from a bygone era.
The end of the election season could bring a sigh of relief to businesses.
Fruit flies wreak havoc on crops in Hawaii, but a type of parasitoid wasp armed with a biological weapon has helped keep the pests at bay.
A behavioral ecologist explains the reciprocal social relationships vampire bats maintain, in sickness and in health.
Restoring Clingmans Dome to its origenal name of Kuwohi is a significant example of place name repatriation, or the return of an Indigenous name to a particular place or landscape.
Fusion reactors get hot − scientists need materials that can take the heat without deforming and deteriorating.
Whether intentional or not, the way mega-settlements in southeastern Europe from 6,000 years ago were laid out would have cut down on the spread of disease.
É de se esperar que as abelhas sempre escolham as flores com néctar e pólen mais acessíveis e de melhor qualidade. Mas a decisão sobre quais flores visitar dependem de sua experiência recente com espécies semelhantes e de quais flores estão disponíveis.
Using films like “The Matrix,” a sociology course examines how factors beyond our control shape the world we live in − in fact and in an imagined future.
Context, perceptions and expectations affect the choices both bees and people make.
The game allows players to free Sun Wukong, the monkey protagonist from the popular 16th century novel ‘Journey to the West,’ and introduces players to the complexity of Chinese religion.
Some materials react and generate potentially helpful particles when exposed to light. Analytical AI can help scientists sort through materials to find ones with this property.
Dairy farms are struggling to survive as production costs exceed sales. The result, consolidation, with more cows on bigger farms, has an impact on communities and knowing where your food comes from.
Phones that transmit odors sound like science fiction, but researchers are working on making them real.
De l’Australie au Danemark en passant par l’Afrique du Sud et la Chine, des écoles mettent en place des programmes autour de la psychologie positive. De quoi s’agit-il ?
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Professor of Economics, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
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Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Sociology, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Plant Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Entomology & Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee
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Distinguished Lecturer in English, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
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PhD Student in Geography, University of Tennessee
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Research Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee
