KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Amending Tennessee’s motorcycle helmet law would increase medical costs for everyone, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville researcher said Tuesday. David Halstead, who heads UT-Knoxville’s Sports Biomechanics Impact Research Laboratory, said most people who choose not to wear helmets are uninsured. “The very people who won’t wear a helmet are the people who don’t
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Many South American birds face extinction if major forest conservation does not occur immediately, a University of Tennessee ecologist says in this week’s Nature magazine. Dr. Stuart Pimm says many bird species may already be doomed but some could survive temporarily because of a “time lag” between deforestation and extinction. Some bird
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee economy is poised for continued expansion into summer, the University of Tennessee’s monthly index of leading indicators shows. The state index for the last two months of 1995 improved substantially, mainly because of a healthy labor picture. Matt Murray, the economist who compiles the index for the UT-Knoxville Center for