State grants steer more than $120M to Houston hospitals, startups and prevention programs in CPRIT's latest round.

Houston broke ground on a VA‑campus disease‑testing lab officials say will process thousands of samples daily, a project that moved forward after federal funding was cut.

Houston Independent School District introduces a secure version of ChatGPT designed to help teachers with administrative tasks without changing teaching methods or curriculum.

A UTHealth Houston‑led trial finds the oral GLP‑1 pill orforglipron produced dose‑dependent weight loss and improved blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes.

We tried to check our own website this morning and got an error message, joining millions of users locked out when the company protecting a fifth of the internet went dark. Whether you can read this right now depends on where you're sitting—a fitting introduction to the fragile infrastructure holding the digital world together.

An mRNA vaccine developed by the Houston Zoo and Baylor College of Medicine appears to help elephants fight a deadly herpesvirus, with early successes at Cincinnati and other U.S. zoos. If trials hold up, the shot could cut juvenile elephant deaths worldwide.

An AWS outage affected many websites and services, including Venmo and Hulu. The issue, stemming from DNS problems in DynamoDB, was largely mitigated by 3:35 a.m. PDT.

Eli Lilly to construct a $6.5 billion manufacturing plant in Houston, as per CEO David Ricks, expecting to create 4,000 construction and 615 permanent jobs.

NASA is announcing its 2025 astronaut class today, chosen from over 8,000 applicants for Artemis II moon mission training. The event will be live-streamed at 11:30 a.m. from the Johnson Space Center.

Axiom Space launches a global university alliance to expand microgravity research, partnering with 15 educational institutions to sustain scientific access to low-Earth orbit.

Apple is set to reveal the iPhone 17 lineup on September 9, including the iPhone 17, 17 Air, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max, with pre-orders starting September 12. New features include LTPO OLED displays with 120Hz refresh rates across all models.

Texas AG Ken Paxton is taking action against Big Tech and others to protect data privacy, securing settlements with companies like Meta and Google and investigating over 200 entities for potential privacy violations.

Archaeologists at the University of Houston discovered a tomb believed to be of Mayan king Te K'ab Chaak in Belize, revealing ties between ancient Mesoamerican cultures.