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Feedlot
Lessons Learned and Opportunity
Living through a fire like those in the Texas Panhandle changes you.
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News Medical Life Sciences
Texas A&M scientists elucidate how phages disarm antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Bacterial infections pose significant challenges to agriculture and medicine, especially as cases of antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to rise.
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Science Daily
Researchers resolve old mystery of how phages disarm pathogenic bacteria
New study details long-sought mechanisms and structures
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Futurity
Team solves mystery of how phages disarm bacteria
New research that clarifies how bacteria-infecting viruses disarm pathogens could lead to new treatment methods for bacterial infections.
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The Texas Tribune
As climate change intensifies wildfire risk, prescribed burns prove their worth in the heat-stressed Panhandle
In Borger, officials say a prescribed burn stopped the Windy Deuce Fire from entering neighborhoods. But the practice has faced opposition from some landowners.
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Martha Stewart Online
3 Natural Ways to Get Rid of Dandelions—and Keep Them From Coming Back
These weeds can be difficult to get rid of once they spread, but it isn’t impossible.
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Associated Press
Your morning coffee may be more than a half million years old
That coffee you slurped this morning? It’s 600,000 years old.
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The Texas Tribune
Amid fears of arsenic in private water wells, Texas A&M is offering low-cost tests in Ector and Midland counties
Officials are worried that there’s arsenic in some of the estimated 13,500 private water wells in Ector and Midland counties.
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CBS News
Bird flu detected in chickens in at least two states
Bird flu has been detected at poultry and egg farms in Texas and Michigan. Omar Villafranca explains how this could impact prices at the grocery store.
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Texas Monthly
$1,247 Airfare, 231 Confused Critters, and Other Outrageous Texas Eclipse Numbers
As many as one million eclipse-chasers are expected to travel for the big day in Texas. They’ll eat hundreds of pounds of brisket and stay in some very pricey Airbnbs.
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Texas Highways
Gateway Bugs
Chefs, Scientists, and agricultural trailblazers are taking a six-legged approach to the future of food
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The Dallas Morning News
Americans are packing their bags to witness the total solar eclipse. Texas is a hotspot
A rare cosmic event is coming to the Dallas area on April 8. So are tourists.
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Newsweek
Texas Map Shows Where Water Shortage Is Blighting Parts of State
A swath of western Texas is facing drought conditions, varying in severity from “moderate” to “extreme,” according to data published on Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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Associated Press
What’s keeping egg prices high for Easter? It’s not just inflation
Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers.
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The Dallas Morning News
Easter’s chocolate bunnies and eggs cost more as cocoa crops fail and hens catch the flu
Chocolate prices may still climb while egg prices are expected to drop this year.
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USA Today
Photos: Smokehouse Creek Fire topped 1 million acres
Firefighters battle parts of the reignited Smokehouse Creek fire.
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Washington Post
Nature enthusiast, 10, makes rare find: A pink grasshopper
‘I couldn’t believe she’d actually found one,’ said her father, Tony Landecker, who had read Madeline a news story a year ago about a pink grasshopper
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Associated Press
Nevada’s first big-game moose hunt will be tiny as unusual southern expansion defies climate change
Wildlife managers say explosive growth in Nevada moose numbers over the past five years, increasing to a population of more than 100, justifies the handful of harvests planned.
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Tasting Table
Does The Color Of Your Shrimp Matter? Here’s The Difference Between White, Brown, And Pink
It might not be your cup of tea but every home cook should experience the sensory stimulation that comes from shopping at the wet market.
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Better Homes & Gardens
These are the 10 tools professionals say every gardener needs
Have these essentials in your toolkit and you’ll be set for the gardening year
