Sciences

Ready for Hurricane Season? The Predictions Are Starting to Come In

Last year when the world was held rapt at the plight of northeastern residents during "Super Storm" Sandy, we along the Gulf Coast chuckled. Not at the suffering of the people there. In fact, we understand those poor people and what the went through better than just about anyone. We were laughing ov ... More >>

Rice Science Cafe

Big Bite Night

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Convertibles and Polygons

World Naked Bike Ride

Hurricane Season 2012: The Predictions -- A Quiet Year in the Tropics?

With so few storms impacting the U.S. last season and with one of the worst droughts in recorded history gripping our region, it would be tempting to think that last year was a down year in hurricane production. In fact, it was quite the opposite. In 2011, the Atlantic produced 19 named storms incl ... More >>

“Dinosaurs! at the Houston Zoo presented by Orkin”

Life in the Universe

Cover Story: Foster Kids on Antipsychotics

​Here's a riddle: If the Texas Attorney General sues a drug manufacturer for allegedly lying about the safety and efficacy of one of its antipsychotics, why would the state agency that oversees the foster care system still allow that drug to be given to kids as young as three? Why would the s ... More >>

The Heat, My God, the Heat: When Will Summer Finally End?

Raining down fire and brimstone instead of water.​Elaine Benes used to date David Puddy on the show Seinfeld. He claimed to be a Christian -- sporting a fish symbol on his car, tuning his radio to Christian stations and the like -- but encouraged his girlfriend to do sinful things on his behal ... More >>

Hurricane Season 2011: The Predictions

Hurricane Ike's track from all the way out in the Atlantic to the Texas coast.​Hurricane season is upon us. Just like Christmas, but with high winds and death from above instead of toys and egg nog, it creeps up on us quicker than we expect and, before we know it, we're knee deep in a disaster ... More >>

Hurricane Predictions: Feds Say to Hunker Down

Rita, when it was coming for us.​The time to predict hurricane season has arrived, and -- as with Texans season previews -- what's predicted doesn't always tend to be what happens. So get your grain of salt ready. (On the other hand, severe weather has been the norm elsewhere in the U.S. rece ... More >>

2012: Mayan Prophecies

Stars over Texas

Earth's Wild Ride

Life in the Universe

Lunar Eclipse: Viewing Tips That Might Or Might Not Be Useful

The lunatic is in the grass, trying to see an eclipse through the clouds​It's Lunar Eclipse Night!! Feel the excitement!! What? You're not on the edge of your seat? CHeck out this paragraph from ABC News: If the sky is clear, experts say the show might be extra spectacular, as the moon will ... More >>

Star of Bethlehem

Richard Leakey: Why Our Origins Matter

Climate Change, Houston's Hot Summer And An Extreme-Weather Future

The heat is on in Texas and elsewhere​August was the hottest month ever in Houston. A whopping 88.7 degrees, on average, topping previous records from both 1980 and 1962 by a full three-tenths of a degree.And while that doesn't sound like a lot to most folks, it's the kind of number that makes sci ... More >>

Sidewalk Astronomy

Twinkle, twinkle...oh hell, that was just another plane

Hubble 3D

Blast off with the crew of the Atlantis STS-125 at HMNS IMAX¨

Tricks, Treats & T. Rex

Mad scientists, dinosaurs and candy - what's not to like?

Global Climate Change: In Search of the Science

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Amazing Astronomers of Ancient Rome

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Evolution Vs. Science, The Deathmatch: Part 2

We're semi-liveblogging the Scopes Monkey Trial of the 21st Century -- today's meeting of the State Board of Education, which is discussing science standards. Here's the first report and here's the second:Board member Ken Mercer of San Antonio, who has a really hard time following the "board members ... More >>

International Year of Astronomy Mars Festival

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Aggies Don't Take Kindly To Saddam Hussein's Scientist, Lawsuit Claims

Lawyers at Texas A&M want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that claims Aggie scientists harassed an Iraqi researcher and his wife. A&M lawyers aren’t saying the scientists didn’t harass Dr. Mundhir Ridha, only that Texas A&M should be exempt from litigation because it's a public instit ... More >>

Come On, People -- Keep Houston Rich

Ice Worlds

The Houston Museum of Natural Science debuts a new IMAX film

It’s Getting Hot in Here: The Kyoto Protocol, Ten Years Later

Kyoto Protocol: The View from Kyoto

Without U.S. participation, the first-ever global-warming treaty was doomed to only partial success. Will Bali be better?

Kyoto Protocol: Chill Out

Skeptical environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg questions the Kyoto Protocol's effectiveness

Jay Francis, Food Explorer: Ethiopian Chili Tacos at Nazareth Cafe on Chimney Rock

We're All Gonna Die!

More Gore!

Bring It On

Why Houston should want a nuclear power plant

Westward Whoa!

Stem cell restrictions could send Texas Medical Center researchers fleeing to California

Who's Your Daddy?

Track your true identity along a DNA trail left behind by your ancestors

A Worlds View

Artist Russell Crotty puts a face on infinity in his sketches of the universe

Starry Night

Eyes on the skies at Moody Gardens

Global Warming Is Good for You!

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

Buyers' Remorse

The Cohns say their builder ripped them off with a poorly built home that became infested with mold. They've joined other Texas homeowners who want a lemon law passed just for houses.

Your Friend, the Germ

Microbes are the stars of this exhibit

Rainy Day Dream

A forecasting veteran follows his vision for a Houston weather museum

Computer Math, UH-Style

Clashes over class sizes cause a Bear to oust a chairman

Sick and Fired

Former curator Karl Peterson has been shut out of the zoo, and he wants to know why

Letters

The Angelides Affair

A dispute over research fraud has split the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, and could jeopardize the way universities police scientific misconduct

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