Luncheon Will Commemorate 15th Anniversary of Columbia Explosion

Jan 23, 2018

Retired NASA astronaut Col. Steven W. Lindsey will be the guest speaker at the event, which raises funds for three Texas Tech graduate fellowships.

Experts Available to Discuss 2018 Oscar Nominations

Jan 23, 2018

Texas Tech University experts in film, theater and pop culture can discuss films like “The Shape of Water,” which leads this year with 13 nominations.

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Does Bitcoin Use Too Much Electricity?

Jan 23, 2018

Mises Institute - An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass if half empty. And a Vox writer says if you drink 60 glasses of that stuff in the next hour, it’ll kill you.

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Debate: Andal Controversy Shows the Pitfall of Relying on Questionable Evidence

Jan 23, 2018

The Wire - A single line in an article published four decades ago turns out to be Tamil writer Vairamuthu’s main evidence for making his controversial ‘devadasi’ statement on the Vaishanavite poet Andal.

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