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| Apr 11, 2026 | ‘Portrait of a Postman’ paints the beauty, grief behind Kermit Oliver’s Hermès-commissioned art (BIFF review) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
For nearly three decades, an introverted man in Waco, Texas, who spent his nights sorting mail at the local post office on the graveyard shift would, by day, retreat to a small, cluttered room in h... |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Renowned Tattoo Artist Dillon Forte Opens New Tattoo Studio in Wimberley, Texas | Dillon Forte tattooing in his Wimberley Studio
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Just outside of Austin, the successful tattoo artist opens his downtown Wimberley tattoo studio, bringing his Sacred Geometry work closer to home and ... |
| Jan 5, 2026 | At 60, Rick Bass suited up to play semi-pro football. The result is ‘Wrecking Ball’ | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Rick Bass didn’t set out to resume his football career at the “somewhat desiccated age of 60.” It just kind of happened. Related Articles
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| Dec 23, 2025 | A NEW ERA IGNITES FOR PICA RICA AMERICANA BBQ AS IT ATTRACTS NEW GROWTH CAPITAL | Co-Founder Michael McHenry (Right) and Pitmaster and Co-Founder, Jason Neeley (Left) proudly stand in front of Pica Rica BBQ holding a signature bbq platter
#7 Best BBQ Joint in the United States outside of Texas sells to new Partners pavin... |
| Mar 17, 2025 | PepsiCo Agrees to Buy Poppi Prebiotic Soda For Over $1.6 Billion: 'Growing Interest in Health and Wellness' Poppi soda can be found in 120 major retailers across the U.S., including Target, Costco, and Whole Foods. | PepsiCo announced on Monday that it is acquiring Austin-based prebiotic soda brand Poppi for over $1.6 billion.
The buying price is $1.95 billion, but the net purchase totals $1.65 billion after factoring in $300 million in anticipated cash... |
| Feb 21, 2025 | The Battle Against Wildlife Trafficking: A Fight for Survival | Wildlife trafficking is a shadowy underworld. It thrives on greed and ignorance. Every year, thousands of animals are smuggled across borders, their lives hanging by a thread. The illegal wildlife trade is a multi-billion dollar industry, d... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Tale of 5 smuggled spider monkeys shows the difficulties of combating illegal wildlife trade | Between 2015 and 2019, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intercepted almost 50,000 live specimens at U.S. ports of entry. More than 1,300 of those were confiscated in Chicago — making it the port with the fifth highest number of live anima... |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Power Struggles: The Quest for a Resilient Energy Grid in America | The recent hurricane season has left a mark on the United States. Texas, in particular, faced the wrath of Hurricane Beryl. This Category 1 storm knocked out power for nearly 3 million people. The aftermath was grim: over $2.5 billion in da... |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Houston's Innovation Surge: A Deep Dive into the Fastest-Growing Scaleups | Houston is buzzing. The city is a hotbed for innovation, with startups rising like rockets. The 2024 Houston Innovation Awards are just around the corner, and they spotlight the best of the best. This year, a new category, Scaleup of the Ye... |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Houston organizations issue seed grants to fuel AI-driven equity, digital health innovation | Three Houston organizations have doled out seed grants for research initiatives focused on digital health and equity.
Rice University's Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Health (ENRICH) office — in partnership with Bayl... |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Meet 5 of the fastest-growing scaleup companies in Houston | The 2024 Houston Innovation Awards will feature a new category: Scaleup of the Year, which honors a Bayou City company that's seen impressive growth in 2024.
From biotech companies to decarbonization startups, the inaugural finalists have e... |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Texas vs the nation: Comparing energy grid resilience across America | The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has proven disastrous for the United States. On July 8th, Hurricane Beryl barreled into Texas as a Category 1 storm knocking out power for nearly 3 million, causing over $2.5 billion in damages, and result... |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Ken Paxton’s Anti-Trans Hotline Trolled To Death Following Ban On Drivers License Gender Changes | If it can be accessed via the internet, it will be. That’s a fact too many entities learn far too late. Amazingly, this wholly expected outcome often comes as a surprise to entities with lots power, money, or expertise — the sort of people ... |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Powell’s star continues to rise in crime-comedy ‘Hit Man’ | It’s Glen Powell’s world and we’re just living in it. The actor has been working steadily in the industry for 20 years but had his big breakout as the young hot-shot pilot “Hangman” in 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick.”
Since then Powell has had l... |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Super Doctors® Recognizes 16 Dermatology Partners Physicians as Rising Stars in Peer-Nominated Award | Super Doctor Rising Stars 2024
U.S. Dermatology Partners is proud to announce that 16 of its dermatologists have been selected for inclusion in the peer-nominated Super Doctors® list of Rising Stars in the July 2024 issue of Texas Monthly
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| Jun 12, 2024 | MassChallenge Welcomes Michelle Williams as Vice President of Texas to support innovation and entrepreneurial growth in the region | BOSTON, June 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MassChallenge, the global network for innovators, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Michelle Williams as the new Vice President of Texas Strategy. With over 15 years of thought leadership in so... |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Seattle streaming guide: "Perfect Match" and "Clipped" | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Here's what's new on Netflix and Hulu this week.
What we're watching: The Netflix reality universe combines to crown another couple the "perfect match" (with a Seattleite in the running), a ... |
| Jun 6, 2024 | New this week on Netflix, Peacock and Tubi | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Here's what's new on Netflix, Tubi, Peacock, Max, BET+, Prime Video and Paramount+.
What we're watching: The Netflix reality universe combines to crown another couple the "perfect match," a ... |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Movies | ‘Hit Man’ review: Glen Powell gets it in gear, in a hired-assassin Netflix movie for the rest of us | If “Hit Man” is about anything beyond its own blithe, eccentric comic assurance, it’s about finding new oxygen for your next chapter in life. Ethics? Well, Johnson doesn’t teach ethics, so that’s someone else’s story. Not since “Out of Sigh... |
| May 12, 2024 | A guide to Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
About an hour north of San Antonio, on a pretty, winding drive on U.S. 87, is Fredericksburg, the historic heart of the Hill Country and a great jumping-off point for Central Texas wineries and state ... |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Arlington nuns fight Catholic Church control | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A cloistered order of Carmelite nuns in Arlington spend most of their time secluded from the public, even during mass. They don't grant media interviews, and they devote their lives to prayer.
But the... |
| Apr 27, 2024 | Mapped: Where pro-Palestinian student protesters have been arrested | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Data: Axios research; Note: Universities with joint encampments reported separately; Locations approximated for clarity; Map: Kavya Beheraj, Tory Lysik and Will Chase/Axios
About 600 people have been ... |
| Apr 22, 2024 | What happens when a Houston home goes viral | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Most people scroll Zillow Gone Wild for entertainment, but more real estate agents in Houston are leveraging social media buzz to attract serious home shoppers to their listings.
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| Apr 19, 2024 | When the Driskill served matzo balls | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Behold, a 1940s-era matzo ball recipe from the Driskill Hotel, long the high temple of hospitality in Austin.
Why it matters: With Passover set to begin on Monday, this classic, no-frills take on the ... |
| Mar 23, 2024 | A white mob burned down Opal Lee's house in 1939. At 97, she's moving back. | Opal Lee was just a girl in 1939, when a white mob burned down her family's home in Fort Worth.
Habitat for Humanity volunteers are now building a new house on the same spot so the 97-year-old known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth can live... |
| Mar 8, 2024 | Pres. Biden calls upon Congress to ban AI voice impersonation in State of the Union address | Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here.
There was a brief but important mention of artificial intelligence (AI) from President Joseph R. Biden in his annua... |
| Mar 4, 2024 | D Magazine turns 50 | D Magazine is celebrating its 50th anniversary — and republishing some of the outlet's greatest stories.
Why it matters: At a time when media companies are struggling and disappearing, a city magazine surviving — and thriving — for that lon... |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Inside DPD's homicide investigations | Dallas photographer Richard Sharum was given unprecedented access to the Dallas Police Department's homicide unit for nearly a year — documenting everything from crime scenes to office work to investigators' lives at home.
Why it matters: S... |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Monday Munchies: Blue Ember Smokehouse in Fort Smith | I'm hesitant to review barbecue joints, as my standards are unreasonably high.
But a friend suggested Blue Ember Smokehouse on a recent trip to Fort Smith, and his judgment comes from the same frame of reference, so I gave it a shot.
The se... |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Houston Landing firings "blindsided" staff | The Houston Landing fired its founding editor-in-chief and a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist this week, leaving the nonprofit news startup's staff "blindsided" and "baffled."
Why it matters: The Landing l... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Jonathan Owens called himself 'the catch' in his relationship with Simone Biles. Here's a timeline of their 3-year relationship. | Sports Jonathan Owens called himself 'the catch' in his relationship with Simone Biles. Here's a timeline of their 3-year relationship.
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| Dec 22, 2023 | 'The Iron Claw' leaves out one of the Von Erich brothers — here's why Chris isn't in the movie | Entertainment 'The Iron Claw' leaves out one of the Von Erich brothers — here's why Chris isn't in the movie
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| Dec 13, 2023 | TikTok car confessionals are the new YouTube bedroom vlogs | YouTube’s first viral scandal took place in what we believed was a 16-year-old girl’s bedroom.
In 2006, homeschooled teenager Bree Avery vlogged about her life under the username Lonelygirl15, chronicling her supposedly boring life. But as ... |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Большая миграция из Кремниевой долины не удалась. Люди едут обратно | Прекрасный город Остин. На картинке
Три года назад разработчики начали «побег из Сан-Франциско». Люди бежали от высоких цен на недвижимость, от аренды по $3600 в месяц за односпальную квартиру, от засилья бездомных и наркоманов на улицах. С... |
| Oct 17, 2023 | The terrifying true stories that your favorite horror movies are based on | Entertainment The terrifying true stories that your favorite horror movies are based on
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| Oct 13, 2023 | How Texas Monthly's 4-year push into Hollywood generated 50 projects, a promising new revenue stream, and a $20 million Netflix film deal | Adria Arjona and Glen Powell in "Hit Man." AGC Studios This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| Aug 9, 2023 | Infatuation's EEEEEATSCON to make Chicago debut | A festival for food lovers who crave more than a nibble and cooking demos is coming to Chicago for the first time this month.
Driving the news: Infatuation's EEEEEATSCON will be at The Salt Shed Aug. 19-20, featuring local and national rest... |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Best new barbecue spots in North Texas | Texas Monthly is out with a new list of noteworthy barbecue joints in the state.
The publication, which released its Top 50 in 2021, highlights the 25 best "new and improved" spots for smoked meats.
Details: The list features spot... |
| Aug 7, 2023 | North Texas' "Silicon Prairie" gets billions in new investment | A set of multibillion-dollar chipmaking facilities under construction in Sherman — a city of 45,000 about 60 miles north of Dallas — could solidify North Texas as a global microchip and tech leader.
The big picture: From North Texas to Phoe... |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Texas Sued Over Age Verification Law And Porn “Public Health Warnings” | The state of Texas was sued in a federal district court by the Free Speech Coalition, a trade group representing the adult entertainment industry, and a slate of other companies including subsidiaries of Canadian firm MindGeek (owner of Por... |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Cinemark Dallas adds "Oppenheimer" showtimes | Cinemark Dallas has seen such a large demand for "Oppenheimer" on IMAX 70mm that the theater added weekend showings at 2:35am and 6:50am.
Why it matters: The Dallas theater is one of just two in Texas showing "Oppenheimer&quo... |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Austin pool construction on the rise | Data: City of Austin; Chart: Axios Visuals
The crush of COVID-19, climate change and new wealth appears to have driven a rash of pool construction around Austin, per an Axios review of city data.
Why it matters: Pools have become a key amen... |
| Jul 19, 2023 | The future of Austin's Oak Hill highway project | We're launching an occasional look at planned and ongoing road projects around Austin.
Why it matters: We all have somewhere to get to, and the seemingly inexorable expansion of highways speaks to our city sprawl.
As well as to the clout of... |
| Jul 12, 2023 | East Austin arts space slated for hotel conversion | An old East Austin church that has recently served as a home to a variety of arts organizations could soon become a hotel.
Driving the news: Owned by former Democratic politician Jim Hightower, the nearly half-acre property at 81 San Marcos... |
| Jun 27, 2023 | "Stephenville" podcast breaks ground on an old murder | A new Texas Monthly podcast hosted by author Bryan Burrough explores a decades-old murder in Stephenville.
Driving the news: The first two episodes of "Stephenville" dropped last week.
Details: Susan Woods, a quiet 30-year-old, wa... |
| Jun 21, 2023 | The best and worst legislators from North Texas | Several North Texas legislators landed on Texas Monthly's list of the best and worst lawmakers of 2023 for their work during the state's legislative session.
The intrigue: The most noteworthy incidents in this year's regular legislative ses... |
| May 11, 2023 | Advocates want to spend $11 billion to fix Austin's crappy public-transit system. But many critics say the price tag is too high for a system hardly anyone will use. | A rendering of a light-rail line that's part of Project Connect. Courtesy of Austin Transit Partnership.
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| Mar 22, 2023 | The most unique regional soda brands with cult followings, from Moxie to Topo Chico | A bottle of Moxie soda. AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File
Soda consumption has plateaued as many consumers reach for seltzer and less-sugary options.
But the average US consumer will drink 43 gallons of soda this year, IBISWorld estimates.
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| Feb 22, 2023 | What ‘He Gets Us’ Doesn’t Get About Marketing To Millennials And Gen-Z | IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR HEGETSUS.COM - The first of the "He Gets Us" campaign billboards appeared on ... [+] Las Vegas Boulevard on March 14, 2022. "He Gets Us" presents an unexpected and fresh take on Jesus' life and expe... |
| Nov 12, 2022 | ‘Yellowstone’ Is Not a ‘Red-State Show,’ Says Creator Taylor Sheridan | Ahead of Yellowstone’s fifth season premiere, creator Taylor Sheridan is addressing the perceptions that the Paramount Network drama skews conservative.
In a new interview with The Atlantic, Sheridan says Yellowstone isn’t a “red-state show... |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Houston founder grows B2B SaaS platform that's supporting the neurodiverse workforce | Much of the workforce — and humanity in general – is neurodiverse, and the business world doesn't factor in cognitive differences into the workplace like it should in order to support employees of all learning abilities.
Betsy Furler wanted... |
| Nov 9, 2022 | How Hurricane Sandy transformed the Jersey Shore into 'a playground for the rich' | Redeem now
Jersey Shore residents battled through a patchwork of programs to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy.
Meanwhile, wealthy newcomers and booming luxury construction have driven up home prices.
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| Oct 26, 2022 | Here's which of the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards finalists are hiring | After scouring Houston for the best of the Houston innovation ecosystem and evaluating dozens of companies, InnovationMap and Houston Exponential have announced the finalists that will be honored at the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards. But w... |
| Oct 24, 2022 | Early-stage startup accelerator names latest Houston cohort | The sixth Houston cohort for global startup accelerator and investor gener8tor's gBETA program is underway, and five Houston early-stage companies have joined the program.
The no-equity program, which is based out of the Downtown Launchpad,... |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Tech company revs up support for Texas women in STEM at special F1 event | This week, the worlds of the Lone Star State's tech scene, women in STEM, and Formula 1 collided.
At a private event on Wednesday, October 19, hosted by computational software company Cadence Design Systems, Senior VP of Global HR Tina Jone... |
| Oct 20, 2022 | 6 startups join Houston sports tech program | A Houston-based organization focused on advancing sports tech startups has named its latest cohort.
Pokatok Labs announced the addition of six companies to its portfolio as the program — focused on seed and series A startups across health t... |
| Oct 17, 2022 | Report: Houston, Texas rank as top locations for coworking space | Attention all Houston-based remote workers, small business owners, and startups — if you're looking for flexible office space, you're in the right place.
Both the city and state have landed on CoworkingCafe's list of the best places for cow... |
| Oct 17, 2022 | 4 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to four local innovators across industries — from digital health to research — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Tatiana Fofanova, co-fo... |
| Oct 14, 2022 | New surfing lagoon paradise to bring ocean-perfect waves to Houston | Thanks to its relative proximity to the coast, Houston has always enjoyed an underground surf culture (be it shortboarding, longboarding, or even tanker surfing). Now, those who walk the nose and shred can at a new, world-class surf destina... |
| Oct 11, 2022 | 3 Houston students win international AI competition | A team of students from Houston Community College Southwest took home the top prize at the Intel AI Global Impact Festival in San Jose, California, last month for AI-based technology they developed to boost safety in the workplace.
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| Oct 5, 2022 | Houston robotics company secures multi-million-dollar government contract | Webster-based Nauticus Robotics Inc., a newly minted public company, continues to make waves with government contracts.
Nauticus says it has been awarded a second multimillion-dollar contract from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit, part of t... |
| Oct 5, 2022 | VC roundup: Here's what Houston startups raised funds last quarter | Houston startups are keeping pace when it comes to venture capital raised this year. In this roundup of funding closed in the second quarter, Houston businesses across sectors and industries close significant rounds from seed to series C.
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| Oct 4, 2022 | Expert: Building Hispanic wealth means investing in Houston | Every year at this time ― Hispanic Heritage Month ― we collectively celebrate the economic, cultural, and social contributions of the Hispanic-Latino community to our nation. We honor the work of past generations which have allowed children... |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Houston's biggest benefactors gift massive $50M to pivotal Rice University institute | Houston’s most generous couple has once again gifted a massive sum to a local institution. Rich and Nancy Kinder’s Kinder Foundation has donated $50 million to Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, the organization announce... |
| Oct 3, 2022 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health tech to software — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Asma Mirza, founder and C... |
| Oct 3, 2022 | Houston organization launches new fellowship to support the future of space health | A space health-focused organization has announced a new fellowship opportunity for scientists.
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health, or TRISH, housed out of Baylor College of Medicine has announced — along with partners Cal... |
| Oct 3, 2022 | Houston-based language processing co. lands latest partnership with UC Irvine | Melax Tech Partners, a leader in natural language technology processing, announced a new partnership with the University of California at Irvine that will help researchers derive insights from the UCI Health Data Science Platform’s electron... |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Texas startup developing lab-grown brisket earns national spotlight | Brisket, a barbecue staple in Texas, is as synonymous with the Lone Star State as the Alamo and oil wells. A Texas company recently recognized as the state’s most innovative startup wants to elevate this barbecue staple to a new high-tech l... |
| Sep 3, 2022 | Gregg Costa, a judge who quit the conservative Fifth Circuit appeals court, is joining the law firm Gibson Dunn | Andrew Kelly/REUTERS This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| Aug 7, 2022 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Samuel Perry: After Trump, Christian nationalist ideas are going mainstream – despite a history of violence | By Samuel Perry
In the run-up to the U.S. midterm elections, some politicians continue to ride the wave of what’s known as “Christian nationalism” in ways that are increasingly vocal and direct.
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right ... |
| Jul 20, 2022 | Can renewables curtailment be rethought as a good thing? | Power curtailment is often viewed as a limiting factor of renewable energy, as intermittent cycles of generation can lead to excess electricity on the grid during peak production. Curtailment is the deliberate reduction in output that other... |
| Jun 23, 2022 | Brent Huisman From Dallas Texas to Re-Launch BBQ Store with a European Flair | Dutch BBQ from The Hague BBQ chain to launch in North Texas, bringing tasty meat and plant based food options DALLAS, TEXAS, USA, June 23, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Brent Huisman, originally from The Hague, Netherlands is launching a full ... |
| Jun 17, 2022 | I went to a physical NFT gallery where digital art was displayed on TV screens. It felt completely pointless. | I went to a physical art gallery where NFTs were displayed on TV screens.
I saw cartoon-like illustrations, trippy cityscapes, and photos of cars.
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| May 9, 2022 | Texas Home Appraisals Are At An All-Time High. Should You Protest? | Hundreds of thousands of homeowners in Texas appear ready to make their voices heard after receiving their 2022 home appraisals. In Bexar County, where U.S. Global Investors is headquartered, home values have risen 23.2% from last year. Aus... |
| Feb 28, 2022 | Eliminating Bias: How Tech Tools Can Help With A Fair Home Valuation | Phillip King, Vice President, Principal Product Manager, ServiceLink. |
| Jan 21, 2022 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included news out of the Houston Spaceport, innovators to know, innov... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | Shell forms $5M carbon capture research partnership with Houston-area university | Houston-based Shell Global Solutions and Prairie View A&M University signed a $5 million partnership this week that aims to foster innovative and effective carbon dioxide utilization and carbon capture methods.
The five-year research ag... |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Houston expert shares 3 venture capital predictions for 2022 | New Year’s resolutions are all well and good, but this year, in true VC fashion, I’m making some New Year’s predictions, too. Though I’m not an oracle, I am an investor, which means I use what I learned in the past to guide my decisions in ... |
| Jan 10, 2022 | artnet : Bumbling Vandals ‘Irreparably Damaged' 4,000-Year-Old Rock Art in Texas by Scrawling Their Names Into It | Archaeology Bumbling Vandals 'Irreparably Damaged' 4,000-Year-Old Rock Art in Texas by Scrawling Their Names Into It
The names Adrian, Ariel, Isaac, and Norma were etched atop ancient abstract designs.
Taylor Dafoe, January 10, 2022 A panel... |
| Jan 8, 2022 | Electric cars aren’t just vehicles. They’re big batteries. | Joe Biden is a self-professed “car guy.” As of late, he’s become an electric car guy. And he wants his fellow Americans to be electric car people too. Transportation is responsible for 29 percent of all US greenhouse gas emissions, and Bide... |
| Jan 4, 2022 | These are the 2 Houston startups that joined the unicorn club in 2021 | Houston welcomed a duo of unicorns in 2021, according to a new report. But these unicorns aren’t those mythical multicolored creatures. Rather, they’re startups valued at $1 billion or more.
As of December 2021, there were more than 900 uni... |
| Jan 4, 2022 | 3 ways remote work could remake America | It’s not just another perk in a benefits package — remote work could fundamentally reshape the urban geography of the United States.
Where we live has been dictated by where we can find a good job. That truism has defined much of where Amer... |
| Dec 26, 2021 | First Mover Asia: Bitcoin’s Price Remains Boxed In Below $51K Over Holiday Weekend | (Edited by James Rubin)
Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:
Market moves: Bitcoin moved little, as the market activity was muted over the holiday weekend in the U.S.
Technician’s take (Editor’s note): Technician’s Take is taking a holida... |
| Dec 2, 2021 | The futuristic plan to fix America’s power grid | This year, millions of Americans across the country lost power at times when they needed it most. As the US power grid deals with an onslaught of heat waves, winter storms, and stronger hurricanes caused by climate change, these kinds of fa... |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Beto O’Rourke says he’ll challenge Greg Abbott in the race for Texas governor in 2022 | Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks during a meet and greet at Plymouth State College on March 20, 2019 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Scott Eisen/Getty Images
Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas in 2022.
He is lo... |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Elon Musk’s Tesla is Now an Electricity and Clean Energy Provider in Texas—Solar, Powerwall | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 08 November 2021, 08:11 pm
Elon Musk and Tesla are now clean energy and electricity providers in their home state and headquarters in Texas, after getting approval and its license in bringing their venture for pub... |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Kind Bar Founder Launches Somos To Bring Traditional Mexican Flavor And Techniques To The $1.9 Trillion Latinx Market | SOMOS creates plant-based, slow cooked Mexican foods that can be mixed and matched to prepare ... [+] delicious meals like tacos, tostadas, nachos, or chilaquiles in ten minutes or less.SOMOS |
| Sep 19, 2021 | Southwest Airlines found success with free booze, arm wrestling, and go-go boots – take a look at the 50-year-old airline’s full history | first flight attendant uniforms Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines, the US’s largest domestic carrier, celebrated its 50th anniversary in June.
The airline found success using unconventional marketing strategies focused on humor, booze, ... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Every single Megan Fox movie, ranked by critics | Megan Fox is best known for the ‘Transformers’ series. 20th Century Fox; DreamWorks; Image Entertainment
Megan Fox is best known for her work in “Transformers” (2007) and “Jennifer’s Body”(2009).
Fox’s best-reviewed films are “Till Death” (... |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Tesla Plans to Sell Electricity for Texas Customers | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 27 August 2021, 05:08 am
Tesla has applied to be an electricity supplier to Texas.
The electric vehicle maker has made the move following the construction of the 100-megawatt energy storage system in Angleton. Tesla... |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Tesla has applied to sell electricity in Texas | Tesla applied with a Texas agency to sell electricity on the retail market in the state.
It would do so through a new subsidiary, Tesla Energy Ventures.
CEO Elon Musk and his companies have grown their presence in Texas in recent months.
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| Jul 13, 2021 | Tecovas Founder Paul Hedrick Started the Warby Parker of Cowboy Boots. Here's His Morning Routine, Favorite Business Book and To-Do List Hack | July 13, 2021 5 min read
Native Texan Paul Hedrick, like many entrepreneurs, landed on his million-dollar idea by creating a product he wanted but couldn't find. During a stint working in private equity in Greenwich, Connecticut, he took to... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Jeff Bezos reveals that the 4th passenger on his trip to space will be an 82-year-old aviator who was denied the opportunity to go to space because she was a woman | Wally Funk in 2010. MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images
Jeff Bezos has revealed the fourth passenger joining his space voyage this month.
Wally Funk is an 82-year-old woman aviator who trained to go to space in the 1960s.
Funk and 12 others w... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | ‘High on the Hog’ explores the journey of American cuisine from Africa. How the Netflix docuseries inspired Black chefs to highlight the diaspora’s culinary connections | recently released ‘High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America,’ a docuseries based on the New York Times Bestseller of the same name by culinary historian Jessica B. Harris. The culinary journey of tracing American an... |
| May 7, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, events not to miss this month, big winne... |
| May 7, 2021 | Houston SaaS startup closes $12M series A funding round with support from local VC | A Houston startup with a software-as-a-service platform for the energy transition has announced it closed a funding round with participation from a local venture capital.
Molecule closed its $12 million series A, and Houston-based Mercury F... |
| May 4, 2021 | State of Crypto: The Bitcoin Fog Indictment Shows the Permanence of User Data | Last week, U.S. Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI) agents arrested the alleged operator behind crypto mixing service Bitcoin Fog. An attached “Statement of Facts” helpfully explains how the feds tracked the operator d... |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Houston med-tech companies partner on wearable device for opioid withdrawal | Houston-based Spark Biomedical has created a revolutionary wearable device that provides unprecedented levels of opioid withdrawal relief.
The device known as the Sparrow Therapy System is worn over the ear for five to seven days and sends ... |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Houston expert: Telework in research might be here to stay | How many of the research administrator's duties can be done from home? COVID-19 is showing us emphatically that the answer is many.
There are some aspects that take a little bit of inventive scheduling to make happen, but overall, the telew... |
