The Conversation: This Course Uses Crime Novels to Teach Critical Thinking
The goals of the course are to teach students the importance of reading critically and share the importance of historical and social context.
The Conversation: Political Bickering and Policy Uncertainty Take a Toll on Business Investment, Research Shows
Because policy uncertainty tends to spike around elections, studies suggest that the current political environment is creating headwinds for business investment.
The Conversation: In Hawaii, Parasites and Viruses Team Up in the Battle Against Fruit Flies – an Entomologist Explains the Implication for Global Pest Control
The complex interactions that insects have evolved with microbes may might help researchers tackle global food security issues.
The Conversation: Why Returning the Name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains Matters
The success of the effort to restore the name Kuwohi may help other communities in their ongoing place renaming efforts.
The Conversation: Vampire Bats – Look Beyond the Fangs and Blood to See Animal Friendships and Unique Adaptations
Feeding on a blood diet is unusual for a mammal and has led to unique adaptations that facilitate their uncommon lifestyle.
The Conversation: To Make Nuclear Fusion a Reliable Energy Source One Day, Scientists Will First Need to Design Heat- and Radiation-Resilient Materials
To one day make fusion a feasible energy source, reactors will need to be built with materials that can survive the heat and radiation generated by fusion reactions.
The Conversation: Socially Distanced Layout of the World’s Oldest Cities Helped Early Civilization Evade Diseases
Archaeologists often explain what we call urban collapse in terms of climate change, overpopulation, social pressures or some combination of these. But scientists have added a new hypothesis to the mix: disease.
The Conversation: Studying Science Fiction Films Can Help Students Understand the Power Societies Have to Shape Our Lives
The goal of this course is to help students understand that societies are more than groups of people. Societies are alive and try to survive on their own terms and are sometimes at odds with the interests of the people who live in them.
The Conversation: Bees Have Irrational Biases When Choosing Which Flowers To Feed on − Just Like Human Shoppers
Studies show bees and other pollinators make the same kinds of irrational “shopping” decisions humans make.
Business Leaders Concerned About Inflation but Optimistic About Tennessee
Despite a pessimistic outlook on the U.S. economy, business leaders remain optimistic about Tennessee’s business climate.
The Conversation: Tiny Robots and AI Algorithms Could Help To Craft Material Solutions for Cleaner Environments
Machine learning algorithms can analyze test data quickly and then learn from that data for the next set of experiments executed by the robots.
The Conversation: A Video Game Based on the Chinese Novel ‘Journey to the West’ is the Most Recent Example of Innovative Retelling of this Popular Story
The popularity of Black Myth: Wukong is the most recent example in a centuries-old tradition of retelling this story through popular media.