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Mommy Nearest

In the Market for More Mom Friends? There's an App for That.

We chat with Michelle Kennedy, London mama and CEO of Peanut, the moms-only social network that officially launches in Houston this week.

07/29/2019 By Laura Furr Mericas

Per Aspera Ad Astra

Remembering Chris Kraft, NASA's First Flight Director

The legend who founded Mission Control and oversaw the moon landing has died at 95.

07/25/2019 By Dianna Wray

Freeway Frenzy

Community Organizers Decry TxDOT's I-45 Expansion Plan, Call for Delay in Local Approval

As TxDOT's plan to revamp I-45 moves forward, some concerned citizens are pushing back.

07/24/2019 By Schaefer Edwards

Everything is bigger in Texas

Did You Know That Katy Is Home to a Massive Supercomputer?

And can it be both huge and sustainable?

07/23/2019 By Siena DeBolt

News

FOMO Factory Founder Rachel Youens Has Passed Away

The community mourns an Austin creative who brought her vision to Houston.

07/22/2019 By Chris Gray

Perfect Party

August's Perfect Party: Never-Too-Late Edition

The 80-year-old Houstonian who just graduated from HCC has the seat of honor at our party this month, of course.

07/22/2019 By Catherine Matusow

Please, Mr. Postman

These Houstonians Need to be Commemorated With Their Own Stamps

Thanks to a 2011 policy change at the USPS that allows the living to appear on stamps, the options are endless—but we narrowed it down.

07/22/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Take Me Out to Sugar Land

5 Reasons Why You Should Add a Skeeters Game to Your Summer Itinerary

The Astros aren't the only ballplayers in town.

07/22/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

The Line Up

Will Houston Ever Get a Bullet Train to Dallas?

What’s a realistic timeline at this point? Nobody knows for sure.

07/22/2019 By Dianna Wray

A League of Their Own

No One Remembered Houston's Trailblazing Pro Women's Football Team. Until Now.

A documentary wants to bring new life to the short-lived Houston Herricanes.

07/22/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Top Doctors

5 Incredible Medical Breakthroughs That Happened Right Here in Houston

At the Texas Medical Center, near-miracles happen every day.

07/22/2019 Edited by Dianna Wray

Top Doctors

5 Incredible Medical Breakthroughs That Happened Right Here in Houston

At the Texas Medical Center, near-miracles happen every day.

07/22/2019 Edited by Dianna Wray

Top Doctors

At Houston Methodist, an Attempt to Reverse Aging on a Cellular Level

Dr. John Cooke is pioneering a treatment that could slow, and possibly reverse, progeria.

07/22/2019 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Top Doctors

At MD Anderson, Revolutionizing Complex Surgery Via 3D Printing

3D printing allowed Dr. Justin Bird to save one patient's knee.

07/22/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Top Doctors

At Texas Children's, a Novel Endoscopic Epilepsy Procedure

Dr. Sandi Lam is performing precise endoscopic brain surgeries on patients with epilepsy, which helps them heal faster.

07/22/2019 By Morgan Kinney

Top Doctors

At UTHealth, a Pioneering Prostate Cancer Treatment

Dr. Steven Canfield is conducting clinical trials on a procedure that could revolutionize prostate cancer treatment in the next decade.

07/22/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Top Doctors

At Baylor College of Medicine, a Cure for Blindness

Dr. Timothy Stout and his team are helping children see again.

07/22/2019 By Dianna Wray

Education

Expand Your Mind With These Classes

These Houston-area continuing education courses will restore your wellbeing and feed your mind, body, and soul.

07/22/2019 By Morgan Kinney, Gwendolyn Knapp, Nicki Koetting, Abby Ledoux, and Laura Furr Mericas

The Drawl

Move Over, Taco Bell. We Have a Better Idea: A Whatahotel

Complete with a few orange pinstripes and a lazy river flowing with honey butter, obviously.

07/22/2019 By Morgan Kinney Illustrations by Amy Kinkead

Bayougraphy

The Voice of a Generation Was Forged In Houston

Jia Tolentino's first essay collection, Trick Mirror, contains startling insights arrived upon through the New Yorker staff writer's own bizarre life experiences, many of which took place right here in Houston.

07/22/2019 By Morgan Kinney

Houstonia Magazine

News & City Life

In the Market for More Mom Friends? There's an App for That.

Remembering Chris Kraft, NASA's First Flight Director

Community Organizers Decry TxDOT's I-45 Expansion Plan, Call for Delay in Local Approval

Did You Know That Katy Is Home to a Massive Supercomputer?

FOMO Factory Founder Rachel Youens Has Passed Away

August's Perfect Party: Never-Too-Late Edition

These Houstonians Need to be Commemorated With Their Own Stamps

5 Reasons Why You Should Add a Skeeters Game to Your Summer Itinerary

Will Houston Ever Get a Bullet Train to Dallas?

No One Remembered Houston's Trailblazing Pro Women's Football Team. Until Now.

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