Texas
Place#19 trending in Health & Science this week · most on StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Texas is a state in the south-central United States, bordered by Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, with Mexico along the Rio Grande and a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico. Covering about 268,596 square miles, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population, with landscapes ranging from deserts and plains to pine forests and coastal wetlands.
Rank this week
Share of the conversation
1.4‰ of what listeners heard
Reach this week
Tone this week
- Neutral 3
Share of the conversation
Mentions of Texas per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, health & science.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6 | 2.31‰ | 1 |
| Aug 10 | 2.33‰ | 1 |
| Aug 11 | 3.20‰ | 2 |
| Aug 15 | 2.15‰ | 1 |
| Aug 18 | 1.81‰ | 2 |
| Aug 19 | 2.52‰ | 1 |
| Aug 20 | 3.22‰ | 1 |
| Aug 23 | 2.75‰ | 1 |
| Aug 26 | 1.49‰ | 1 |
| Aug 28 | 1.43‰ | 1 |
| Sep 4 | 0.54‰ | 1 |
| Sep 8 | 1.09‰ | 1 |
| Sep 9 | 1.59‰ | 1 |
| Sep 11 | 1.79‰ | 1 |
| Sep 17 | 1.03‰ | 1 |
| Sep 22 | 0.93‰ | 1 |
| Sep 23 | 1.50‰ | 1 |
| Sep 25 | 1.54‰ | 1 |
| Sep 27 | 1.89‰ | 1 |
| Oct 5 | 0.50‰ | 1 |
| Oct 6 | 1.50‰ | 2 |
| Oct 8 | 2.30‰ | 1 |
Why is it trending?· Last 7 days
Listener locations and travel memories drive Texas references
StarTalk includes a listener from Austin asking Neil deGrasse Tyson about Hoag’s Object, including whether gravitational lensing explains its unusual appearance.[1]
StarTalk also mentions Texas in Neil deGrasse Tyson’s recollection of a visually overwhelming trip from New York.[2]
Science Friday features a Houston listener asking whether an octopus’s anatomy could cause brain damage when it swallows something large, and the guests begin answering.[3]
On Purpose includes Texas as one of the places Mikayla Nogueira says her former friend lived while serving in the Air Force.[4]
Sources · 4 moments
- 1.StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · Cosmic Queries – Light Sails & Quantum ScalesChuck Nice · Oct 6 · Listen at 29:10 ↗
“Right on. Okay, let's move on to Rachel Ambrose. That says, hello, Rachel here from Austin, Texas. Neil, all right, are you familiar with Hoag's object? How statistically improbable is that? From our line of sight here on Earth, we'd see a”
- 2.StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · Cosmic Queries – Light Sails & Quantum ScalesNeil deGrasse Tyson · Oct 6 · Listen at 45:32 ↗
“we had left New York a week earlier. Because those 2 days were so filled with, oh, wow, that's the St. Louis Arch. Oh my gosh, we're crossing the Mississippi River. Oh, is this Tennessee? Oh, is this Texas? What? My life was just— my visual”
- 3.Science Friday · The punk rock life of cephalopodsSpeaker E · Oct 8 · Listen at 7:04 ↗
“Hi, my name is Angie. I'm from Houston, Texas. I heard from somewhere that octopuses have like donut shaped brains and that their esophagus goes through their brain. Is this true? And if so, what would happen if an octopus were to swallow s”
- 4.On Purpose with Jay Shetty · MIKAYLA NOGUEIRA EXCLUSIVE: The Story She’s Finally Ready to TellMikayla Nogueira · Oct 5 · Listen at 1:53:30 ↗
“different. I was in college, and he ended up going into the Air Force. And while he was in the Air Force for years, he said, Michaela, please, like, give me a chance. Give me a chance. Like, I— and he lived in Nebraska and Texas and all ove”
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