Rare Weather Phenomenon Creates A Fiery Cloud In The Panhandle
From Texas Standard . As everyone in the Panhandle knows, it’s wildfire season. Just southeast of Amarillo in Armstrong County, a blaze called the Mallard Fire has consumed over 75,000 acres. It’s...
View Article‘I Just Kept On And On And On’: 53-Year-Old Rafael Palmeiro Returns To Baseball
From Texas Standard . For 20 years, Rafael Palmeiro terrorized major league pitchers. The hard-hitting left-hander from Miami by way of Cuba is one of only six players to record over 3,000 hits and 500...
View ArticleAs Drought Spreads Across Texas, Ranchers Are Forced To Liquidate Their Stock
From Texas Standard . More than 40 percent of Texas is in some stage of drought right now, according to the latest data from the U.S. Drought Monitor . Some parts of the state are especially dry, like...
View ArticleIllinois Ratifies The Equal Rights Amendment – 36 Years After The Deadline
From Texas Standard . Last week, the Illinois State Legislature ratified the Equal Rights Amendment , an addition to the U.S. Constitution that would provide protection from discrimination based on sex.
View ArticleSupreme Court Ruling Could Pave The Way For Voter Roll Purges In Texas
From Texas Standard . The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 on Monday that it was OK for Ohio to remove people from voter registration rolls if those voters skip a few elections and then fail to respond...
View ArticleEnergy Historian Says Texas A&M Will Bring Fresh Eyes To Los Alamos National Lab
From Texas Standard . Before sunrise on July 16, 1945, a bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert. It was a new weapon so powerful that at the time it almost seemed like science fiction – the atomic...
View ArticleSan Antonio-Based Researcher Says His Algorithm Predicts Who Will Win The...
From Texas Standard . For the next month, the eyes of the soccer world will be on Russia, the site of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The 32-team tournament, which does not include the United States, will...
View ArticleA Houston Killer Is Too Sick To Be Executed, His Lawyer Says
From Texas Standard . Danny Bible is scheduled to die on June 27. He was sentenced to death in 2003 for murdering Houston resident Inez Deaton in 1979. Bible’s attorney, Jeremy Schepers, recently filed...
View ArticleA Space Policy Expert Says Donald Trump's Proposed 'Space Force' Would Hurt...
From Texas Standard: Most of President Donald Trump's attention this week has been occupied by the southern border. But on Monday, he took some time to address his plans for another frontier: the great...
View ArticleConvincing Texans To Give Up Plastic Straws Is All About Positive Framing
From Texas Standard . There’s nothing new about plastic straws. They’ve been around for decades. But there has been a recent backlash against them. Eric Hamerman , a marketing professor and expert in...
View ArticleWhat Women On Oil Rigs Need Most: Coveralls That Fit
From Texas Standard . Women make up only about 20 percent of the worldwide oil and gas workforce, according to a 2017 study by the Boston Consulting Group and the World Petroleum Council.
View ArticleWhy Are We So Mesmerized By Stories Like The Cave Rescue In Thailand?
From Texas Standard . When Jessica McClure, an 18-month-old girl in Midland, was stuck in a well for 58 hours in October of 1987, CNN carried most of the rescue effort live. There was an international...
View ArticleWhy The Threshold Of A 'Heat Advisory' Depends On Where You Live
From Texas Standard: You may have heard that term ‘heat advisory’ quite a bit during this latest heat wave. It’s a notice the National Weather Service sends out to tell people that they need to take...
View ArticleWhat's The Safest Way To Protect Texas Cattle From Fever Ticks?
From Texas Standard: Raising cattle anywhere is hard, but it’s especially hard in the Rio Grande Valley. And that’s thanks to fever ticks . They can spread a fatal disease that decimated cattle herds...
View ArticleTo Meet The Needs Of A Booming Industry, UT Will Offer A Game Development And...
From Texas Standard: The total market value of the video-gaming industry reached almost $135 billion in 2018, and with that growth has come an increased demand for game developers. In hopes some of its...
View ArticleNew Policy Recommendations Aim To Reduce Child Poverty By Half, Within 10 Years
From Texas Standard : In the United States, over 10 million children live below the federal poverty line, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It's the lowest child poverty rate in decades, but...
View ArticleWhy Some Democrats Are Starting To Reclaim The Term 'Socialism'
From Texas Standard : The term "socialism" seems to be an early front-runner for the top buzzword of the 2020 election season. Democrats and Republicans have been using the word a lot lately, but what...
View ArticleIs CBD Legal In Texas? Edinburg's City Attorney Wants Ken Paxton To Weigh In.
From Texas Standard : Cannabidiol products – better known as CBD – are fairly new to Texas. They usually come in the form of oils, drinks or snacks containing the nonpsychoactive chemical compound...
View ArticleHow A Remote-Controlled Harpoon Could Reduce The Threat Posed By Lionfish In...
From Texas Standard : The lionfish is a scourge in the Gulf of Mexico. It's a beautiful creature, but not native to that body of water, and that causes problems.
View ArticleSantiago Jiménez Jr. Is A Proud Guardian Of Old-School Conjunto
From Texas Standard : Santiago Jiménez Jr. has conjunto music in his blood. The son of legendary accordion player Don Santiago Jiménez, he has carried the torch for traditional conjunto for six...
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