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Fear and reticence spread in Fort Worth as Sally Mann’s nude photos of her children were held as police evidence.
The first data center for a $500-billion artificial intelligence project arrives in small-town Texas, alongside a potentially ...
Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.
If approved, opponents warn that a massive new utility project could disrupt toxic sediment, and more, in Lake ...
A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to tackle that problem, but in just two counties so far.
The new date comes after Ken Paxton took over the case that could lead to the nation's first execution based on the contested ...
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These floods do not come from nowhere. They are an effect of larger historical, structural, and environmental processes.
Aditya Panangat is a Texas-based machine learning researcher focused on the environmental impact of artificial intelligence.
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Environment ‘I Think We’re Gonna Stay’: Texans Hang On in Tragedy-Stricken Hill Country The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of “flash flood alley,” who ...