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Aug 16, 2024 | 
phys.org | Elizabeth Walsh
Wildfires have been burning across Idaho this summer, and their list of harmful impacts is long, from worsening health conditions because of smoke to challenges recovering millions in costs to fight them.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
idahostatesman.com | Elizabeth Walsh
Loyal fans fill the stands on game night to cheer for the Boise State football team, but a loss for the Broncos could have the crowds reaching for a manly drink. A Boise State University study found that when the college football team played a home game and lost, purchases of masculine-looking alcohol brands in Ada County went up. The trend also expanded beyond football.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
idahostatesman.com | Elizabeth Walsh
Boise State University researchers are giving potatoes an electric jolt that could make a popular snack healthier and more energy efficient. A Boise State study treated potatoes with pulse electric field, a technology that uses high-voltage pulses to open up tiny pores in cells, resulting in chips with less fat, fewer suspected carcinogens and less energy consumption — a technology researchers hope can benefit Idaho’s agriculture industry.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
idahostatesman.com | Elizabeth Walsh
As mosquito season continues in Boise, residents are feeling the itch. But a mosquito with a more painful bite might be safer than one that goes unnoticed. Ada County this year has received over 300 requests for mosquito abatementand has done hundreds of treatments where county staffers have found nuisance species, said Samuel Brockway, the program and education specialist for the county’s mosquito abatement program.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
phys.org | Elizabeth Walsh
Bird flu virus has been a longstanding issue in Idaho, having plagued Idaho's poultry and waterfowl populations for years. But this year's strain is bringing something new—its ability to infect cows.
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May 28, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Elizabeth Walsh |Michael Simone-Finstrom |Trevor Bawden |Steven Cook
Journal of Insect Science (JIS), in partnership with the American Association of Professional Apiculturists and the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists, is pleased to publish a special collection of articles featuring investigations on micro and macro aspects of honey bee health, sociobiology, and management. Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are the most important managed insect pollinator in U.S. and Canadian crop systems.
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May 13, 2024 | 
ktep.org | Elizabeth Walsh |Tom Linney
Fried chicken sandwiches, mac and cheese, buffalo wings, and cheesecake are some of the foods we may view as comfort foods. But is it easy to make these foods vegan?
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
ktep.org | Elizabeth Walsh
Many of us have seen a companion animal move their paws, twitch, or whimper during bedtime but what do we really know about what goes on in the minds of various animals when they sleep? Tom and Liz have a conversation withDr. David M. Peña-Guzmán, Associate Professor of Humanities at San Francisco State University. Dr. Peña-Guzmán says he is a late-comer to the animal cause.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
ktep.org | Elizabeth Walsh
Due to various factors including pollution, loss of prey due to the fishing industry, and conflict with humans, orcas are under more pressure than ever before. On Animal Concerns of Texas, Liz and Tom talk with Gloria Pancrazi about her film Coextinction, which tells the story of the animal advocates, scientists, and indigenous leaders fighting to protect the critically endangered species, their collapsing ecosystem, and human life in the Pacific Northwest.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
ktep.org | Elizabeth Walsh
On this edition of ACT Radio we revisit an interview with Dr. Michaell Greger. He will be in El Paso to give a talk titled “How Not To Age” which is based on his book. The event will be hosted by the El Paso Veg Society. Greg and Liz welcome back Dr. Michael Greger, a physician, author, and director of Public Health & Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States.
