The Invisible Flow: How Air and Engineering Philosophy Funded the American Future
The history of great economic miracles rarely begins with loud fanfares or sudden discoveries. More often than not, the driver of tectonic change is...
From oil to Ions: how Houston became an innovation center for the world of...
Houston, ranking as the fourth-largest city in the United States, is home to the world's biggest medical complex, the Texas Medical Center. It also...
The operation of Houston’s waste sorting, recycling and disposal systems
Humanity should have long ago realized that taking care of the ecology and environment is the key to sustaining life on our planet. However,...
The Holmes Road Landfill: A Case Study in Houston’s Environmental Evolution
The problem of trash and what to do with it has existed ever since people began living in communities. Houston is no exception to...
History and evolution of the Houston Boat Show
On August 30, 1836, brothers John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen founded the city of Houston, just a few months after Texas gained...
Houston’s best farmers markets with environmentally friendly products
Urban dwellers are accustomed to doing groceries in stores, supermarkets or hypermarkets. Most families living in megacities, like Houston, spend half a day going...
The Houston Duo: Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley—Titans of Cardiothoracic Surgery
It is impossible to discuss the cardiac revolution in Texas without mentioning the two giants whose rivalry and genius transformed the Texas Medical Center...
The Planet’s Digital Backbone: How the Texas “Telecom Corridor” United the World and Survived...
While Houston looked toward the stars and pumped oil, a suburb of Dallas was quietly building the nervous system of the future. A narrow...
6 Mistakes Houston Homeowners Make During a Roof Replacement
A roof replacement is one of the biggest investments a homeowner will make. The average cost runs between $8,000 and $15,000 depending on the...
3D Printing in Space: How Houston-Based Innovations Are Reshaping the Architecture of Future Off-World...
The vision of colonizing the Moon and Mars has long run up against a harsh economic and physical barrier: payload mass. Transporting a single...