Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sugar Daddies Are Paying For Lots Of Sugar Babies At UH, Company Claims

A young woman finds an older man on a dating website. She's drawn to him. What can it be? His age and experience? His Sean Connery-like looks? The fact that she's got bills to pay at the University of Houston and he has agreed to pay for her education just for the pleasure of her company? I know w ... More >>

Thieves' Bazaar: Medicare Fraud

Hospitals, doctors and dealers have made Medicare the nation's sweetest crime. The feds are now trying to shutter the door.

New Cracks in the Frack

Pesky little complaints like pollution, flaming water and abandoned homes continue to cast doubt on the argument that drilling into shale will benefit all.

2012 Summer of Fun: Celebrate Mindfest

Dr. Pete: Feel the Power of the Dork Side

State and EPA Battle Over Fracking, Flaming Well Water

When Steve Lipsky blamed fracking for turning his water well into a flamethrower, he set off an epic battle between the EPA and Texas.

Person of Interest: Lone "Wolf and Cub"

Tension is growing between Reese and Finch, those partners in crimestopping. In the beginning, the ex-CIA operative's needling of his nerdy OCD boss seemed almost good-natured, but as Finch continues to deflect Reese's inquiries about The Machine, the latter has moved into full-scale investigation m ... More >>

Mark Douglas Robison: MIT Alum Had Kiddy Porn on Computer, Cops Say

Photo via Harris County Constable Precinct 4 Mark Robison: Proud MIT grad.​After a raid on his home yesterday, Harris County Precinct 4 Constables have arrested 59-year-old Mark Robison and charged him with three counts of possession of child pornography. According to his Facebook and Linke ... More >>

How Much of a Pendejo is Gustavo?

And why are cholos always wearing such white shirts, shoes and socks?

Earth Angel

Can a radiant Brit Marling glow bright enough to carry her movie?

Tech Art

The CAMH presents the first major museum survey of Stan VanDerBeek's pioneering works.

Porn-ing in America

A Reagan-era bacchanalia succumbs to soggy nostalgia.

The Pomplamoose Revolution

How a band with no CDs or record deal is changing the music industry

Rice University Residential College Guarantee: Not All Students Get What They Pay For

Photo by SkinnyOrangeCatRice: Getting crowded in here​Note to incoming Rice University undergrads (and their parents) expecting the full "residential college" experience: Be sure to read everything that you get on Rice letterhead.One of the universities' primary selling points is its residential c ... More >>

Cry for Yelp

The popular Web site has buckled to pressure, but it isn't enough.

Newest Report Not Great News For NASA; Time To Think "Outside The Box," As They Probably Still Say There

​The long-awaited report on NASA's future has come out and, as expected, it's bad news for anyone hoping for a return to the moon."Panel Says NASA Should Skip Moon, Fly Elsewhere" is the headline on AP's report:Norman Augustine, chairman of the White House-appointed panel reviewing the agency's sp ... More >>

CAMH's New Director A Rocker At Heart

Bill Arning, the current curator of the List Visual Arts Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will assume his position as director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston on April 6, 2009. His hiring ends a 10-month search."It was a long process," Arning tells Hair Balls, "but I'm ve ... More >>

Junot Díaz

The 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner reads from his debut novel

Outtakes: Daryl Morey Could’ve Been a Contender…in Baseball

Rocket Science: Daryl Morey Brings Hard-Core Statistical Analysis to the NBA

Houston's pro basketball team pins (at least a part of ) its hopes on a brainiac GM

Cover Story: Daryl Morey, Statistical Analysis and the Houston Rockets

Football U: Garden State Variety

Football U: Garden State Variety

Top of the World

You've never heard of him, but Mike Willcox is one of the best on the planet at what he does

Paranoia Self Destroyer

A New Birth Brass Band set at the Volcano makes Racket long for a new and improved tinfoil hat

Double Trouble

Two juried shows stir up the Houston art scene

Welcome to Fire Island

While communities across the country block LNG terminals, Quintana just shrugs

Universal Pictures

An ambitious exhibition at the CAM takes on too much

Letters

Face the Facts

Nancy Burson has been morphing and manipulating images since the '70s. Can we now trust her photos?

Global Warming Is Good for You!

Cheap heating bills! Great gardens! Thriving civilizations! In energy-crazed Houston, friends of greenhouse gases abound

POD People

A new publishing method attracts first-time authors. Will it do the same for readers?

A Fixer-Upper

Jones High needs a lot of renovation -- and not just the buildings. At least HISD can't pretend it doesn't know it has a problem. Its own task force told it so.

The Ambidextrous Brain

Looking to the heart, stomach, and brain

Spin Control

Rice University's slow, systematic makeover of KTRU is just the latest example of a college determined to pattern itself after corporate America

In God's Country

William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. Little did he realize he would be crucified for his cause.

Best Video Game

KNOWMAD, at the Art Car Museum

Blaming the Barn Door

A new report rips into claims that racehorse Alydar's wounds were self-inflicted

Revolution in Chrome

In the '70s, Jim Harithas's radical chic collided with the CAM. Twenty-five years later, he's back, gunning his engines at the Art Car Museum.

Wipe and Sniff

Air passengers will get the rub, all in the name of safety

Righteous Babe

Ani DiFranco, poetess, goddess, funky folker, comes to town

Learning Curves

Charter school scandals are teaching Texas a hard lesson -- one the state should have known fouryears and $77 million ago

The Insider

Where Have All the Women Gone? Discrimination charges spotlight UH's lack of female leadership

Night & Day

April 22-28, 1999

Night & Day

March 11 - 17, 1999

Letters

Space Odyssey

Tom Moser wants to put Texas on the map as a commercial launch pad for cargo-carrying rockets

Design for Nonliving

Space Case

Derrel Sims, chief investigator for the Houston UFO Network, says he's hot on the trail of evil, implant-toting aliens. The mystery is why anyone believes him.

Mother Love

Spanking the Monkey gives a wicked twist to an ancient taboo.