Supreme 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 ArticleWith State Park Pool Closed, Balmorhea Is In For A Long, Hot Summer
From Texas Standard . Summer is coming. The kids are about to get out of school, and that means trips to the pool. In Texas, there is one pool that stands above the rest – the pool at Balmorhea State...
View ArticleHouston And Golden State Face Off In A Matchup Some Say Is Bigger Than The...
From Texas Standard . Last week, one writer described the hysteria and and hype in Houston right now as on a scale somewhere between anticipation for the Super Bowl and the new Avengers movie. So to...
View ArticleTwo Death Row Inmates Question Texas’ Use Of Hypnosis In Criminal Cases
From Texas Standard . Some people are convinced that hypnosis is real: they’ve seen it done, they’ve experienced being hypnotized. But is it science? Is it so reliable that we should be able to use it...
View ArticleTornadoes Emit Mysterious Inaudible Sounds – And That Could Be The Trick To...
From Texas Standard . Tornadoes have an unmistakable sound – but scientists are learning that the tornado also makes other sounds that you can’t hear . That’s what has seized the interest of Brian...
View ArticleBeaver Vs. Alligator: Buc-ees Goes To Court To Defend Its Iconic Logo
From Texas Standard . In Lawrence Wright’s new book “ God Save Texas,” he begins his ode to the Lone Star State with a place that may be among the most Texan of all retailers – Buc-ees. That little...
View ArticleIn Their Own Words: San Antonio Students Recall How They Walked Out On School...
From Texas Standard . On October 2, 1989, the Texas Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state’s school finance system was unequal. The case was Edgewood ISD versus Kirby , pitting San Antonio’s...
View ArticleRare 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...
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