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Nov 1, 2010
Texas Observer - Below I put five questions to Gabriel Eckstein, a professor of law at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, where he specializes in water and environmental law. An expert on a wide range of water issues, Eckstein directs the International Water Law Project and is Senior Fellow for the Texas Tech University Center for Water Law & Policy.
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Nov 1, 2010
Midland Reporter-Telegram - During a recent Llano Estacado Master Naturalist field trip to a salina, a tiger salamander was found mostly hidden in the soft powdery soil of a pocket gopher mound. Pocket gophers create extensive tunnel systems. Researchers at Texas Tech University have discovered more than 40 species of animals that take advantage of the underground complex provided by pocket gophers. Most merely use the tunnels to hide away from dryness, light or heat. Besides salamanders, Tech researchers found snakes, lizards, spiders, beetles, crickets and other invertebrates. The pocket gopher does not bother them, and only the larger snakes -- like bullsnakes and kingsnakes -- would bother the pocket gophers.
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Nov 1, 2010
Media Newswire - Ray Robson, who celebrated his 16th birthday this week, is among the top Chess competitors scheduled to compete in the SPICE Cup International Invitational Tournament. The event, now in its fourth year, will be held at Texas Tech University.
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Nov 1, 2010
Media Newswire - Though scientists have long known about conodonts from their fossilized teeth, Texas Tech University graduate student Nicole Peavey said only recently have scientists begun to understand these enigmatic and relatively successful creatures.
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