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Space.com: Dark matter hasn’t killed anybody yet — and that tells us something

Jul. 26, 2019

(Robert Scherrer, Professor of Physics, quoted)


USA Today: With Ricardo Rosselló out as governor, Puerto Rico ‘needs to regain its moral compass and hope.’ But, how?

Jul. 26, 2019

(Gabriel Torres Colón, senior lecturer in American studies, quoted)


CNBC: Democrats poised to press Robert Mueller to answer questions about Trump that go beyond the Russia report

Jul. 23, 2019

(David Lewis, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Political Science, quoted)


USA Today: Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony, like his report, promises an ink-blot test for partisans

Jul. 22, 2019

(Thomas Alan Schwartz, Professor of History and Political Science, quoted)



Tennessean: Nashville remembers Apollo 11 moon landing 50 years later, looks to future of space exploration

Jul. 20, 2019

(Rick Chappell, Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy, quoted)



Tennessean: Nathan Bedford Forrest Day: Why Tennessee has honored a slave trader and KKK leader for nearly 100 years

Jul. 19, 2019

(Richard Blackett, Andrew Jackson Professor of American History, quoted)


Washington Post: ‘Teflon Don’: Some say Trump’s racist remarks could hurt him — but history suggests otherwise

Jul. 16, 2019

(Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health and Society, quoted)