Science Minute: Preventing Childhood Obesity Begins During Pregnancy
Samantha Ehrlich, professor of public health at the University of Tennessee, explains how gestational diabetes can increase the risk of early childhood obesity.
Science Minute: Tiny Microbes, Major Impact
As much as 70 percent of all earth’s bacteria live underground; that is almost twice as much the volume of all oceans in our planet.
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: Smiles Could Be Hiding the Secret to Happiness
Nicholas Coles, social psychology PhD student at UT, explains the relationship between smiling more and feeling happier.
Science Minute Audiocast: The Power of Supercomputers
Jeremy Smith, Governor’s Chair for Molecular Biophysics, discusses how supercomputers can help find new drugs for diseases like cancer and diabetes.
Science Minute Audiocast: The Hidden History in Tree Rings
Laura Smith, a UT geography PhD candidate, discusses how she uses data collected 80 years ago by dendrochronology pioneer Florence Hawley to better understand today’s correlation between tree growth and precipitation in eastern Tennessee.
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.
Science Minute Audiocast: The Chemistry of Valentine’s Gifts
Tessa Burch-Smith, assistant professor of biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology, explains how chocolates and flowers—two of the most common Valentine’s Day gifts—have chemical components designed to attract others.