Professor to Unseal Sample of Moon Rocks from Apollo 17
Researchers from all over the country will soon be studying moon rocks that NASA has never opened before, and some of the samples will be analyzed at UT.
Study: Infamous ‘Death Roll’ Almost Universal Among Crocodile Species
The iconic “death roll” of alligators and crocodiles may be more common among species than previously believed, according to a new study published in Ethology, Ecology & Evolution and coauthored by a researcher at UT.
Science Minute: Crocodiles and Their Infamous Death Roll
Stephanie Drumheller-Horton, professor of paleontology at the University of Tennessee, explains the death roll, a maneuver crocodiles make to turn their prey into edible-size bites.
Science Minute Audiocast: Ultima Thule
On New Year’s Day 2019, scientists got the first glimpse ever into a small Kuiper Belt object, thanks to the probe New Horizons.
Researchers Discover Record-Breaking Salamander
Researchers at UT have discovered the largest individual of any cave salamander in North America, a 9.3-inch specimen of Berry Cave salamander.
Study: Plate Tectonics May Have Been Active on Earth Since the Very Beginning
A new study suggests that plate tectonics—a scientific theory that divides the earth into large chunks of crust that move slowly over hot viscous mantle rock—could have been active from the planet’s very beginning.
Nuclear Explosion Hunter to be Featured on NBC Nightly News
Hidden in the Tuckaleechee Caverns in Townsend, Tennessee, is a sophisticated laboratory with a particular mission: to listen and record explosions produced by nuclear testing around the world.
Geologists Uncover New Clues about Largest Mass Extinction Ever
A new study could help explain the driving force behind the largest mass extinction in the history of Earth, known as the End-Permian Extinction.
Sumrall Addresses Discovery of 475-Million-Year-Old Fossil
Colin Sumrall confirms the discovery of a 475-million-year-old fossil.
BBC Features Kah NASA Work and Connection to St Kilda
One of the Mars targets being explored by NASA’s rover Curiosity has been named St Kilda because of a very personal connection to Linda Kah, a UT scientist who is working on the mission, according to the BBC.
McSween Says Some Are Meteorite, But Most Are ‘Meteor Wrong’
Times Daily interviews Hap McSween about verifying a meteorite.
New York Times: Ancient Crocodiles Once Feasted on Giant Tortoises on This Island
UT paleontologist Stephanie Drumheller-Horton is quoted in a New York Times article about Aldabra Atoll, an island in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar that is a predator-free paradise for more than 100,000 giant tortoises.