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An Oxford graduate student by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his Ph.D. research in protein structure get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.

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Texas:

Barack Obama Receives Key Endorsement from the Heart of Texas

On Monday, Obama was endorsed by Congressman Chet Edwards, whose district includes Texas A&M University, the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, and George W. Bush's Crawford ranch

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Posted on February 22, 2008 5:09 AM • 0 Comments •

String of Obama Victories Portends a Strong Performance in the General Election

Obama wins big in Maryland, Virginia, and DC, but now he has even bigger fish to fry.

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Posted on February 13, 2008 5:07 PM • 0 Comments •

Elsa Murano to Become New President of Texas A&M University

First female President picked as successor to popular President Robert Gates, although selection process remains controversial.

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Posted on December 9, 2007 8:05 AM • 0 Comments •

An Open Letter to Texas Regarding the Forced Resignation of Chris Comer

If you work for the Texas Education Agency, don't even think about not being neutral about the teaching of intelligent design in science classrooms.

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Posted on November 29, 2007 3:30 PM • 11 Comments •

Texans: Vote "Yes" on Proposition 15

To create the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorize $3 billion in funding for cancer research

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Posted on October 27, 2007 9:57 AM • 3 Comments •

Metric System (Apparently) a Plot by Liberal Communist Anti-American Immigrants

Viewers foam at the mouth after a Houston TV station includes Celsius temperatures alongside Fahrenheit measures.

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Posted on October 13, 2007 10:32 AM • 40 Comments •

Chris Mooney in Houston, Texas

This one is for my readers in Texas, particularly those in the greater Houston area. Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and blogger at The Intersection, will be in Houston this week to promote his new book...

Posted on July 15, 2007 6:14 PM • 0 Comments •

HPV Vaccination in the New England Journal of Medicine

It's a virtual smorgasbord!

Posted on May 11, 2007 5:18 PM • 14 Comments •

Texas Mandatory HPV Vaccination Update

The bill overturning mandatory vaccination has passed in both the Texas House and Senate, and it is now awaiting the action of Governor Rick Perry.

Posted on April 28, 2007 9:40 AM • 21 Comments •

Texas House Votes to Overturn Mandatory HPV Vaccination

The Texas House voted today 119-21 to overturn governor Rick Perry's executive order requiring mandatory vaccination against HPV (human papilloma virus) for girls entering the sixth grade. The bill, HB1098, still requires final approval in the House before moving along...

Posted on March 13, 2007 4:28 PM • 4 Comments •

Mandatory HPV Vaccination Under Attack in the Texas Legislature on Tuesday

With debate on HB1098 beginning on Tuesday, the Texas House is on the verge of shooting down quite possibly the first progressive thing Rick Perry has done as governor of Texas.

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Posted on March 11, 2007 8:08 PM • 17 Comments •

Conservative Extremists Get a New Voice at Texas A&M University

Texas Governor Rick Perry appoints the chair of the homophobic, anti-diversity, anti-academic freedom, right wing organization the Young Conservatives of Texas as the new student representative on the Texas A&M University Board of Regents.

Posted on February 19, 2007 7:16 PM • 8 Comments •

More on Edible Cotton Seeds

Last month, I wrote a post about a research group at Texas A&M University that reported genetically engineering "edible cotton seeds" by using RNAi technology to stably and specifically knock out production of the gossypol toxin in the seeds of...

Posted on December 18, 2006 7:39 AM • 3 Comments •

They Probably Won't Taste as Good as Cotton Candy...

But, a recent report in PNAS demonstrates that edible cotton seeds could be a real possibility, thanks to new transgenic crop biotechnology.

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