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Aug 10, 2012
Yahoo! News-In the more recent study, Dylan Schwilk, of Texas Tech University, and Jon Keeley, of the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of California, Los Angeles, resurveyed some of the sites focusing on a single plant, a shrub called desert ceanothus, and found the same pattern; the shrub was becoming less abundant at lower elevations and more so higher up.
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Aug 6, 2012
Big Picture Science - Let the games begin! The mad dash to the phone … the sudden spring out of bed … the frantic juggling of car keys, grocery bags and a cell phone! Olympic athletes may have remarkable speed and strength, but it’s easy praise the extraordinary. Here’s to the extreme averageness of the rest of us. From beer bellies to aching backs, we’re all winners in the Darwinian Olympics just by virtue of being here.
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Aug 3, 2012
Environmental Protection - However, the mechanisms explaining species-specific responses to changes in temperature and water availability are most likely much more complex, according to researchers at Texas Tech University and the United States Geological Survey.
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Aug 2, 2012
bcrnews.com - Lyle gets the units from a company in Missouri. Each unit has been tested and engineered to withstand an EF-5 tornado with ground level 250 mph wind speeds. They are tested at the Debris Impact Center at Texas Tech University where laser-guided projectiles are shot from an air cannon at speeds estimated at 50 mph — greater than the EF-5 tornado.
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