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- How Happy Couples Argue: Study (2019) https://news.utk.edu/2019/09/16/new-research-sheds-light-on-how-happy-couples-argue/ 110 comments
- Students Give Back Over Spring Break https://news.utk.edu/2025/03/28/students-give-back-over-spring-break/ 5 comments upliftingnews
- In marriage, conflict is inevitable. Happy couples tend to take a solution-oriented approach to conflict, and rarely chose to argue about issues that are more difficult to resolve. A new study suggests that this strategic decision may be one of the keys to their marital success. https://news.utk.edu/2019/09/16/new-research-sheds-light-on-how-happy-couples-argue/ 4 comments science
- Today's obesity epidemic may have been caused by childhood sugar intake, the result of dietary changes that took place decades ago. Since the 1970s, many available infant foods have been extremely high in sugar, and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) after 1970 quickly become the main sweetener. https://news.utk.edu/2019/09/23/todays-obesity-epidemic-may-have-been-caused-by-childhood-sugar-intake-decades-ago/ 2536 comments science
- UT Study: How Happy Couples Argue https://news.utk.edu/2019/09/16/new-research-sheds-light-on-how-happy-couples-argue/ 46 comments moderatepolitics
- In marriage, conflict is inevitable. Happy couples tend to take a solution-oriented approach to conflict, and rarely chose to argue about issues that are more difficult to resolve. A new study suggests that this strategic decision may be one of the keys to their marital success. https://news.utk.edu/2019/09/16/new-research-sheds-light-on-how-happy-couples-argue/ 1285 comments science
- Smiling really can make people feel happier, according to a new paper in Psychological Bulletin, which looked at nearly 50 years of data testing whether facial expressions can lead people to feel the emotions related to those expressions, based on more than 11,000 participants from around the world. https://news.utk.edu/2019/04/11/psychologists-find-smiling-really-can-make-people-happier/ 13 comments science
- IQ in childhood is a better indicator of adult wealth than math for very preterm and very low-weight babies, according to a new study. These findings contrast with previous evidence suggesting the specific importance of math skills for economic achievement. https://news.utk.edu/2019/03/14/iq-a-better-predictor-of-adult-economic-success-than-math/ 3 comments science
- Relationship Between Low Income and Obesity is Relatively New. The study shows that since 1990, the correlation between household income and obesity rate has grown steadily, from virtually no correlation to a very strong correlation by 2016. https://news.utk.edu/2018/12/11/relationship-between-low-income-and-obesity-is-relatively-new/ 1739 comments science
- Bones found on South Pacific island belonged to Amelia Earhart, study concludes. The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic disappeared while attempting to circumnavigate the globe. Along with her plane and her navigator https://news.utk.edu/2018/03/07/researcher-new-forensic-analysis-indicates-bones-were-amelia-earharts/ 1248 comments science