In 1983, a constitutional referendum outlawed abortion in Ireland. In 2018, another referendum repealed the ban and legalized abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. What happened?
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These nonprofits help with abortion access, but on average they don’t cover all costs, researchers have found.
Research is revealing that fitness trackers alone can be helpful facilitators toward changing a sedentary lifestyle but don’t motivate people to increase their physical activity.
Seorang dokter mata hewan menjelaskan apa yang terjadi.
What is the best strategy for running your best race? A new computer model might soon join your training team.
Growing native grasses as cattle forage is an example of working lands conservation – balancing human use of the land with conservation goals.
A veterinary ophthalmologist explains what’s going on.
Here’s what happens when you scan one of those ubiquitous two-dimensional black-and-white patterns.
In January 2022, the JET fusion experiment produced more power over a longer period of time than any past attempt. Two physicists explain the engineering advancements that made the result possible.
Plantation museums could be ideal venues for students to learn about the nation’s history of race-based slavery, but only if they stop whitewashing the horrors of what took place on their grounds.
A speech expert wonders what this says about the pressures women in leadership roles feel – and the broader cultural impulse to police the way women speak and sound.
Plus, the social pressure some people feel to be happy in the world’s happiest countries. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
How did penguins end up with so few bones – and become lightning-fast swimmers?
Supply chain issues, emergency science, social distancing requirements and a lot more free time offered both challenges and opportunities for research scientists.
Los tornados en diciembre no son inusuales en los estados de la costa del golfo y la parte baja del valle del Misisipi, pero la oleada del 10 y 11 de diciembre fue extrema y de gran alcance.
Tornadoes in December aren’t unusual in the Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley states, but the Dec. 10-11 outbreak was extreme and far-reaching.
There are so few wild ocelots in the US that the cats are becoming inbred, with a bad prognosis for their ultimate survival. But researchers are perfecting ways to get new genes into the population.
Permaculture – a mashup of ‘permanent’ and ‘culture’ – is a way of doing agriculture that’s inspired by the resilience and biodiversity of healthy natural ecosystems.
For some military members, a hillside in California embodies the sacrifices of serving.
Walking has taken a very long time to develop, with evidence of bipedalism among early humans in Africa roughly 4.4 million years ago.
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DVM, PhD Candidate in Comparative and Experimental Medicine, University of Tennessee
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Veterinary Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee
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PhD graduate, researcher, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Tennessee
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Professor and Department Head of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport Studies, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Social Work and Ph.D. Program Director, University of Tennessee
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Theatre, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Zinkle Faculty Fellow, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries and Director, Center for Native Grasslands Management, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee
