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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
National/International
Invasive species causing deadly threat to native bighorn sheep, Texas study finds
07/13/26 MSN.com
An invasive species of sheep introduced to Texas in the 1950s is posing a deadly threat to native bighorn sheep, according to a new study conducted by Texas A&M researchers. In a study published May 7 in Scientific Reports, researchers found that 80% of bighorn sheep died of pneumonia after being exposed to diseased aoudad, an invasive species also known as Barbary sheep. During the study, researchers found the invasive sheep could carry respiratory pathogens without becoming seriously ill, allowing them to spread diseases that can devastate bighorn sheep populations."Because aoudad show little, if any, signs of infection, every aoudad on the landscape should be conservatively considered a risk to bighorn sheep," lead author Dr. Logan Thomas, an assistant professor at Kansas State University, said in a statement Friday.
A closer look at NRC’s proposed rule eliminating ALARA
07/13/26 American Nuclear Society
On July 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed removing the “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) principle from its radiation protection regulations and replacing it with a graded approach. The agency also proposed increases to effluent dose limits and adjusting how it handles allowances for exceeding dose limits. Amir Bahadori, a professor at Kansas State University and certified health physicist, said he thinks the NRC’s response to the EO is “generally consistent with current scientific knowledge, the collective experience in the field of radiation protection, and the NRC’s regulatory experience,” but notes that the agency doesn’t acknowledge key studies that support the continued use of the LNT model.