Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Waytago, Brainiacs!

Mazel Tov, Mr. Akinpelu

Over at SMU at This Very Moment, They're Playing Guitar Hero -- For Work

Personal best

From a year full of startling and memorable movies, here are our favorites

Caught in the Web

Zach Loafman, a gifted St. Mark's teen, fights an addiction to the Internet.

Congressional hopeful Jerry Frankel has ideas, brains, and GUTS.

Dick Armey will eat his lunch.

Events for the week

Dick Armey will eat his lunch.

Out Here

Dick Armey will eat his lunch.

Rocket man

Former NASA engineer Tom Moser dreams about launching the next generation of spacecraft from Texas soil

Mail Call

Letters, we got letters

Re: FYI, Read This ASAP. OMG!

The following is a prime example of my curse here on Earth. A fleeting thought sprouts into a mild observation, only to bloom into a thesis that eventually flourishes into a blog item with sports branches. My apologies ... Got a text the other day, the salutation of which was LOL ... More >>

God in the Details

For a quarter-century Roy Abraham Varghese has been assembling God proofs. Along the way he won over the world's most influential atheist.

Yee-haw, Y'all!

For a quarter-century Roy Abraham Varghese has been assembling God proofs. Along the way he won over the world's most influential atheist.

Wao-Wee

For a quarter-century Roy Abraham Varghese has been assembling God proofs. Along the way he won over the world's most influential atheist.

DeFrantzanator

UTD hosts some high-tech dance

Wars Games

The FWMSH will hypnotize your Jedi mind

Rock Star

The smart money wants a mayor with sex appeal

Playmakers

Want to design video games? SMU's Guildhall can show you how, if you're willing to work like a dog.

"Nice Kid, But..."

To get into the right college, sometimes you have to be better than perfect

Dogtown

Tailing downtown Dallas' pack of pampered canines

Screwing the Man

Electronic Robin Hoods claim music file-swapping is an act of civil disobedience

Monkey Business

William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. He didn't know he'd be crucified for his cause.

Smoldering embers

The reflections of Allied Theatre's Fires in the Mirror are all surface

Take these records, please

Or: Yes, it was as bad as you think

Lofty pursuit

The man confronting you in the lobby of your apartment building just may be an artist

Flunking Out

Charter school scandals are teaching Texas a tough lesson -- one the state should have known four years and $77 million ago.

On the SMU Campus, Hispanic High School Students are Getting a Taste of College

Megan FeldmanDallas Mayor Tom Leppert, DISD trustee Edwin Flores and superintendent Michael Hinojosa at SMU's Hispanic Youth Symposium kick-off yesterdayA cluster of local educators and politicos -- among them Mayor Tom Leppert, Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, SM ... More >>

Found: One Enormous Stash of Pictures From the State Fair of Texas Taken in 1977

Photos by Nick DeWolf​While searching for something very unrelated on Flickr moments ago, I stumbled across this collection of 61 photos just posted by a Seattle man named Steve Lundeen. Steve didn't take these photos of the State Fair of Texas in 1977 -- his late father-in-law, Nick DeWolf, did ( ... More >>

Coppell's Emily Elbert Gets Some Love From Glamour For Her Jazzy, Acoustic Stylings.

21-year-old area singer-songwriter Emily Elbert's no stranger to local music fans, having performed her fair share of gigs at Opening Bell and the Kessler Theater in recent years since picking up the guitar at age 15. She's no stranger to the Internet either: Her jazzy, acoustic take on Michael Jack ... More >>

Pomplamoose's DIY Revolution

21-year-old area singer-songwriter Emily Elbert's no stranger to local music fans, having performed her fair share of gigs at Opening Bell and the Kessler Theater in recent years since picking up the guitar at age 15. She's no stranger to the Internet either: Her jazzy, acoustic take on Michael Jack ... More >>

Take Me Home Tonight: A Reagan-era Bacchanalia Succumbs to Nostalgia.

21-year-old area singer-songwriter Emily Elbert's no stranger to local music fans, having performed her fair share of gigs at Opening Bell and the Kessler Theater in recent years since picking up the guitar at age 15. She's no stranger to the Internet either: Her jazzy, acoustic take on Michael Jack ... More >>

Toxic Avenger: In the War Between the Feds and Texas, EPA Chief Al Armendariz has Science on His Side. Is That Enough?

21-year-old area singer-songwriter Emily Elbert's no stranger to local music fans, having performed her fair share of gigs at Opening Bell and the Kessler Theater in recent years since picking up the guitar at age 15. She's no stranger to the Internet either: Her jazzy, acoustic take on Michael Jack ... More >>

Another Earth: Same Crap

Earth angel Brit Marling's world collides with reality.

How Much of a Pendejo is Gustavo?

And why are cholos always wearing such white shirts, shoes and socks?

University of Texas Fracking Study: No Evidence That It Contaminates Groundwater

​The University of Texas released the preliminary results today of that comprehensive study on the controversial natural gas producing process known as hydraulic fracturing (or fracking), drawing no link between it and claims of groundwater contamination. "While there have been casing/cement ... More >>

UT Southwestern Docs May Have Found the Pathway to Revolutionary Cancer Treatment

Dr. Ralph DeBerardinis​Researchers at UT Southwestern published a study in the journal Nature Sunday identifying a cancer-specific metabolic pathway that fuels only the growth of certain kinds of kidney and adrenal tumors. This is a pretty remarkable finding, chiefly because if you can halt th ... More >>

Fear and Fracking in Southlake

In one of America's wealthiest suburbs, an unlikely band of drilling opponents helped drive away the world's biggest energy companies. Did they save the town or ruin it?

Owner's Looking to Landmark His House, Designed by the Late, Great Harris Kemp

The "Harris Kemp House" at 2822 Maple Springs Boulevard​I've driven past this house countless times; it's not far from the office, after all, more or less just behind Maple and Motor on Maple Springs Boulevard. But till I saw the agenda for Monday's meeting of the Landmark Commission, I had no ide ... More >>