If approved, opponents warn that a massive new utility project could disrupt toxic sediment, and more, in Lake ...

The first data center for a $500 billion artificial intelligence project arrives in small-town Texas, alongside a potentially ...

A new book unearths a chapter of the state’s story when anti-intellectual fundamentalism was put to good ends.

A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to tackle that problem, but in just two counties so far.

Aditya Panangat is a Texas-based machine learning researcher focused on the environmental impact of artificial intelligence.

Fear and reticence spread in Fort Worth as Sally Mann’s nude photos of her children were held as police evidence.

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.

Reckless agency layoffs and the dismantling of federal relief programs could leave the Lone Star State in peril.

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The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of “flash flood alley,” who narrowly survived the ...

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