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The notion that adults should strive for 10,000 steps a day is more a marketing ploy to sell fitness trackers than a scientific guideline, according to Steven Riechman, an associate professor in the department of kinesiology and sport management at Texas A&M University, who wasn’t involved in the study. Riechman said that the body goes through a number of adaptations as it shifts from rest mode to exercise mode — changes that take a bit of time. That could explain why people who walked in bouts shorter than five minutes didn’t see as strong health gains, he said.
In Texas, cutting-edge weather forecasts hit their limits as Trump budget cuts loom
NBC News • Jul 8, 2025“Rain occurs when you have a really moist parcel of air at the surface and it rises in the atmosphere and it cools off … think of a sponge full of water and you start squeezing, wringing out the sponge and the water falls out,” Andrew Dessler, a climate scientist at Texas A&M University, said. “In a warmer atmosphere, there’s more water in the sponge, so when you wring it out, you get more water falling.”
Are plastic cutting boards useful kitchen tools or a breeding ground for microplastics? Here’s what to know
NBC News • Jun 16, 2025As a knife’s blade scratches a plastic cutting board’s surface, tiny pieces of plastic get released that stick to your ingredients — they’re too small to see, so you may ingest them, says Dr. Manish Shetty, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University. Particles that stick to the knife’s blade or cutting board go down the drain when you clean them, so there’s an environmental impact to consider, too. That said, how worried should you be?