Health
May 16, 2019
Austin, Fort Worth, and Houston Are at Risk of a Measles Outbreak—Thanks to Anti-Vaxxers
The ”don’t trust the government” right and the ”don’t trust the government” left overlap when it comes to vaccines.
Science
Reporting and analysis about scientific research and innovation in Texas
January 14, 2019
Sahana Srinivasan: “There Are So Many Talented People Who Look Like Me That Need to Be Heard”
The 22-year-old star of the Netflix science program ’Brainchild,’ also a UT senior, on representation, science, and life as a young role model.
The National Podcast of Texas
December 10, 2018
Dr. Peter J. Hotez: “A Scary Anti-Science Movement Has Become Very Strong in Texas”
On our latest podcast, the co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development offers a warning about the rise of the anti-vaccine movement and Texas’s risk of a measles outbreak.
The National Podcast of Texas
October 16, 2018
Dr. Livia S. Eberlin: “I Always Thought the Word ‘Genius’ Sounded Funny. How Can You Really Define What’s Genius?”
On our latest podcast, a conversation about chemistry and cancer with the UT-Austin assistant professor recently honored with a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
News & Politics
October 3, 2018
Jim Allison Can’t Believe He Actually Won the Nobel Prize
It’s the greatest honor the Houston-based cancer immunologist can imagine—even more than playing onstage with Willie Nelson.
Health
July 27, 2018
The High-Stakes Race to Create the World’s First Artificial Heart
In this exclusive excerpt from 'Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart,' world-renowned Houston surgeon Bud Frazier races to help an ailing patient by implanting a revolutionary device that may one day save millions of lives.
The Culture
July 17, 2018
Why Dust From the Sahara Is Covering the Texas Sky
The Saharan dust brings us hotter days, hazy skies, and nicer sunsets.
Film & TV
May 4, 2018
Watch a Clip From ‘The Iron Orchard’ Before Its Premiere
The film debuts at the Dallas International Film Festival this weekend.
Art
April 12, 2018
Timothy Morton Is Houston’s Own Catastrophe Guru
Morton, renowned eco-philosopher and co-curator of a new art exhibit at Ballroom Marfa, sees global warming as a new beginning, not an end.
Business
January 23, 2018
15 Innovators Reshaping Texas
Today’s wildcatters find rich veins of opportunity in everything from tortillas to interplanetary travel. Meet the dreamers and risk-takers shaping our future.
January 23, 2018
The Astronaut Who Might Actually Get Us to Mars
As an eighteen-year-old immigrant to the U.S., Franklin Chang Díaz dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Now, decades after tying the record for most spaceflights, he might be the best bet to get us to Mars.
Texas History
January 23, 2018
A Brief History of Texas Innovators
Ours is a land of resourceful, imaginative, inventive, and self-reliant people. It has always been this way.
Energy
November 30, 2017
A New Study Offers Further Proof That North Texas Earthquakes Are Drilling- and Fracking-Related
The fault lines had been inactive for 300 million years before fracking started.
News & Politics
November 22, 2017
Peter Hotez vs. Measles and the Anti-Vaccination Movement
Texas is at risk of a measles outbreak, yet few have blamed the state’s anti-vaccine movement. Enter Peter Hotez, an affable scientist who decided he’d had enough.
Energy
November 20, 2017
Houston Museum of Natural Science Opens High-Tech New Energy Hall
One of the museum’s most popular attractions is back and bigger than ever.
The Daily Post
November 15, 2017
Storms as Severe as Harvey Will Become Much More Likely, According to Study
By the end of the 21st century, a 100-year storm like Harvey could become a five-and-a-half-year storm in Texas.
Energy
October 23, 2017
UT Geologists Extract Potential Natural Gas Source From the Ocean Floor
Methane hydrate, the compound recovered by the scientists, could provide power to future generations.
Politics & Policy
September 28, 2017
Did Houston Authorities Hide Harvey Predictions From the Public?
Houston politicians may have lied to the city's residents about the ferocity of the storm. If they did lie, they did the right thing.
September 21, 2017
Why Hurricane Harvey Will Happen Again
Don’t blame Samuel Brody, the professor who’s been warning for years that Houston was at risk for a Harvey-style flood, if he’s feeling a tinge of vindication. Now, will anyone listen to his suggestions for what to do next?
Health
September 4, 2017
Houston Braces for a Mosquito Swarm
Are mosquito-borne illnesses Hurricane Harvey's next threat?
The Daily Post
August 30, 2017
Hurricane Harvey By the Numbers
Eight million Texans—almost the population of New York City—live in areas affected by the storm.
Sports
August 23, 2017
Munro Cullum’s Concussion Count
A chat with the Dallas doctor in charge of the country’s most ambitious study of traumatic brain injuries among student athletes.
Essay
July 24, 2017
Seeing the Body
"When I returned to Port Aransas during my last year of medical school, I began to look at my hometown through an entirely different lens."
Politics & Policy
March 28, 2017
Mars Exploration is a Flower in a Wasteland of Science Funding
Basic research needs major money as well.
The Daily Post
March 16, 2017
How Universities Can Be More Like Startups
The UT Austin president and the director of innovation have a clear desire for a startup focused campus, but implementation is complicated.
Health
November 23, 2016
Out of Africa
Winning the MacArthur “genius grant” was a career highlight for Rice professor Rebecca Richards-Kortum. But it was a visit to Malawi that changed her life.
Lead
November 23, 2016
Murky Waters
What is killing the Gulf of Mexico’s majestic coral reefs?
Health
October 19, 2016
The Iconoclast
Jim Allison has always gone his own way—as a small-town-Texas kid who preferred books to football, and as a young scientist who believed the immune system could treat tumors when few others did. And that irreverence led him to find a potential cure for cancer.
The Culture
September 21, 2016
A Love Unearthed
For many years, my grandfather’s work as a paleontologist was remote and obscure to me. Then I discovered our shared awe of West Texas.
The Daily Post
September 7, 2016
Researchers At Rice Might Have Discovered How The Basic Building Block Of Life Ended Up On Earth
Carbon wasn’t always abundant on Earth, and the building block’s extraterrestrial arrival may have been spectacularly violent.
Science
August 24, 2016
When the Dust Settles
After Texas Tech researchers discovered that windstorms may be spreading antibiotic-resistant bacteria from local feedlots, public health experts stood up and took notice. So did the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.
Energy
July 20, 2016
The Hole Picture
A look at the state of the West Texas sinkholes.
Health
July 6, 2016
A Better Pill to Swallow
The dean of Dell Medical School wants to reinvent health care for the twenty-first century.
Science
April 15, 2016
Unfriendly Climate
Katharine Hayhoe has made it her life’s mission to proclaim the truth about climate change. Can she get the skeptics to listen?
The Daily Post
April 13, 2016
Look At These Amazing Photos Of SpaceX’s Rocket Cargo Ship Returning Safely To Earth
The space exploration company achieved a big milestone—and took the pictures to prove it.
Law
March 28, 2016
The Effects Of The Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Reach The U.S. House
The long tail of the Planned Parenthood videos continues to get longer as a House subcommittee prepares to subpoena Parkinson's researchers.
Health
March 1, 2016
Uterus Transplants Are Coming To Baylor, But Ethical Considerations Also Loom
Baylor University Medical Center will be one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to begin this groundbreaking clinical trial.
Health
February 26, 2016
Texas A&M And The Gates Foundation May Have Created A Supercondom
It fights AIDS even when it breaks, helps a fella out, and claims to feel better than not using a condom at all.
Feature
February 24, 2016
Gender Bender
Colt Keo-Meier is Texas’s preeminent researcher on transgender issues. But for him, it’s not just about the science. It’s personal.
Health
January 27, 2016
Put to the Test
For children with debilitating epilepsy, an unprecedented medical trial in Fort Worth offers a glimmer of hope. But if it works, is the state ready to embrace medical marijuana?
Science
December 23, 2015
False Impressions
How the once troubled Texas Forensic Science Commission put the state at the forefront of the criminal justice reform movement.
Lead
December 23, 2015
Chronic Wasting Unease
Texas wildlife officials say they’re just trying to stop the spread of a deadly infection. Deer breeders see another agenda at work.
The Daily Post
October 21, 2015
Ahmed Mohamed Is Moving To Qatar
The boy whose clock made him an international celebrity has found a new school far away from Irving.
The Daily Post
October 14, 2015
Is David Eagleman Neuroscience’s Carl Sagan?
The Houstonian's new PBS television series "The Brain" could do for neuroscience what "Cosmos" did for space.
The Daily Post
April 8, 2015
A Five-Year-Old Boy Discovered a 100-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Behind a Mansfield Supermarket
Good work, li’l guy.
Business
January 16, 2015
Elon Musk Wants to Build His Hyperloop Test Track in Texas
It may be his most ambitious invention yet.
The Daily Post
November 10, 2014
What Was That Bright Green Thing in the Sky on Saturday Night?
Most likely a meteor, but if, 30 years from now, a mysterious alien superhero in red and blue tights and a cape starts flying around, you can say "I remember when..."
The Daily Post
May 29, 2014
Mad Scientist Wants to Build a 100-Mile-Long, 1,000-Foot-Tall Tornado Wall in Texas
We don't see what could possibly go wrong.
Business
March 3, 2014
Will Elon Musk Bring The Future To Texas?
The eccentric billionaire is considering launching his space program in Cameron County and making his car batteries in-state—which could add thousands of space-age jobs to the Texas economy.
Travel & Outdoors
February 11, 2014
Can You Dig It?
Reading about old bones can be boring. Seeing them with your own eyes is a whole other story.