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A Revolutionary War-era boat is being painstakingly rebuilt after centuries buried beneath Manhattan
The Associated Press • Jun 25, 2025Work is expected to finish around the end of the month, said Peter Fix, an associate research scientist at the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation who is overseeing the rebuilding.
How climate change is impacting home costs
CBS News • Jun 25, 2025Over the last three years, retail electricity prices have gone up faster than the rate of inflation, and new research from Texas A&M shows climate change is making it more expensive to cool homes. CBS News' David Schechter reports on the impact.
What to know about New World screwworm flies — and what’s at stake for Texas livestock
The Dallas Morning News • Jun 25, 2025According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.
Should we eliminate a species of mosquito to eradicate malaria?
The Radio National Hour • Jun 24, 2025“In many countries mosquito’s are more than just a nuisance they infect and kill hundreds of thousands of people every year with diseases like malaria. Now scientists are working on a project that could eradicate them completely, but some bio-ethicists have reservations.”
"There are many challenges in this containment and eradication program," Phillip Kaufman, a professor of entomology at Texas A&M University, said in an interview with Newsweek. "Producing sufficient numbers of sterile flies and getting them released in the correct places and at the right time is critical. If the flies move further north than the isthmus in southern Mexico, it becomes more and more challenging to contain them."
Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada make changes to lure business amid Delaware’s ‘Dexit’ concern
The Associated Press • Jun 23, 2025“This is an area in which states, in many ways, are behaving like businesses,” said Robert Ahdieh, dean of the Texas A&M University School of Law. “Delaware is selling something. Texas is selling something that they hold out to be better. So it is very much a comparative exercise.”
Neuropathic pain has no immediate cause – research on a brain receptor may help stop this hard-to-treat condition
The Conversation • Jun 23, 2025Texas A&M Ph.D. candidate Pooja Shree Chettiar and Ph.D. student Siddhesh Sabnis say that unlike pain from a physical injury, neuropathic pain “stems from damage to or dysfunction in the nervous system itself,” causing even soft touches to feel unbearable. Affecting about 10 percent of the US population, this condition is often overlooked due to its complex biology. The researchers highlight the role of GluD1, a receptor that organizes synapses in pain circuits, in managing this pain.
What does the Iran conflict mean for Texas’ oil and gas industry?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram • Jun 23, 2025F. Gregory Gause, professor emeritus of international affairs at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, doesn’t believe Iran has the naval capability to close the Strait of Hormuz. If oil tankers begin avoiding the Strait, which 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas travels through, prices could rise, benefiting Texas producers.
"In Texas, every year there's at least four big (Africanized bee) attacks that make the news," said Juliana Rangel, a professor of apiculture (beekeeping) at Texas A&M University, where they're widespread in the wild.
Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn
The New York Times • Jun 20, 2025“We are not going to be transitioning to the energy of the future, and that means we’re going to emit a lot more carbon than we would have,” said Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences and the director of the Texas Center for Climate Studies at Texas A&M University.