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The human rights of disabled people around the globe can be accessed as an online map for sports and competition.
How do tigers – a top predator – successfully hunt their prey when they have bright orange fur? The secret’s in their stripes!
The Ethiopian premier is manipulating ethnic rivalries to shift the agenda from democratic reform to authoritarianism.
Over US$12 trillion of COVID-19 relief has been promised. If a small portion was put toward economy-boosting green investments, the world could get on track to avoid the worst of climate change.
Wood, a major export of the US, has taken a hit from international tariffs compounded by COVID-19.
The ACA’s third date with the Supreme Court was Nov. 10, and it will be months before a decision. In the meantime, however, Congress and the new president can do things to bolster the law.
The Supreme Court hears a new challenge to the ACA on Nov. 10, with the entire law on the line. That includes a little-known paragraph that allows some hope to very sick children and their families.
The Bsal fungus is not yet here in North America, or any place in the Western Hemisphere, but there is concern that the pet trade is the most likely route for introduction here.
Every election triggers distress for some people. Here are some ways to possibly cope.
To understand the risks of wildfire smoke, it helps to understand the chemicals people are breathing.
Researchers are figuring out how plants respond to the presence of human cadavers. The findings could prove important for discovering the locations of murder victims or mass graves.
Teaching deaf babies sign language improves the success of cochlear implants – and also safeguards their long-term physical and mental health.
As the country reels from a series of killings of Black men by the police, two scholars report that their research shows that stops by police of Black men can hurt their families.
Scanning through billions of chemicals to find a few potential drugs for treating COVID-19 requires computers that harness together thousands of processors.
In 2019, there were fewer attacks and attempted attacks on ships than there had been in 25 years. The coronavirus may bring economic and political changes that make piracy worse in the coming years.
Even as Americans are all told to remain at home, millions are now unemployed and must scramble to figure out how to pay for that home.
This isn’t the first time sports have been put on hold. But in the past, the reprieve was brief, and sports went on to act as a way to bring Americans together. This time’s different.
It’s important to strike a balance between protecting Americans’ privacy and having accurate statistics for governments and businesses to make data-based decisions.
The United States is at risk of lacking data from more than 10 million undocumented immigrants in the 2020 census.
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Exercise Science, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Exercise Science, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor of Geography and Sustainability, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of the University of Tennessee Humanities Center (UTHC), University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Assistant Professor in Japanese Literature and Culture, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
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Lecturer in Geography and Sustainability, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee
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Graduate Research Assistant in Plant Science, University of Tennessee
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PhD Student in Geography, University of Tennessee
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Professor and Associate Head of Psychology, University of Tennessee
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Ph.D. Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
