For decades, ASARCO dumped slag along I-10 near UTEP which gave us those lovely, toxic, black "mini mountains". It seems science may now have a good use for them.
Our American Southwest, which includes Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico, has proven to be fertile ground for nurturing some of the country's brightest minds.
No one likes sitting in traffic so, one Texas city is looking at flying folks over it.
Yep, that's the plan. The city of Plano, about 20 miles north of Dallas, can't figure out how to get through or around traffic congestion so they're trying to bring in some super, high tech gondolas...
Hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead and acting strangely before dying across New Mexico, and some even in El Paso. Have you seen any?
Every tree has an interior set of "rings" that can be used to determine the trees age and also show events the tree has survived. Apparently, they make music too.
A study has found 3,300 areas in the US where children have higher lead levels than those recently found in Flint, Michigan. And El Paso's rates are up there.