Back when my parents were kids, they didn’t have the information that we do today. Drink coca cola, smoke cigarettes, cook with lard; it was all perfectly safe. It would be decades before we really understood any of the negative effects of eating bad things and having bad habits. But today more than ever, people …

A Variation on Seasonal Affective Disorder for Those Who Like It Cold

Houston was handed the enviable ranking as the top market to watch on a widely read report released last week on the U.S. commercial real estate industry. Expectations for all types of Houston real estate are high, according to the annual study, "Emerging Trends in Real Estate," which is based on surveys and interviews with more than 1,000 real estate investors, fund managers, developers and other industry professionals. Houston's prominence in...

While the National Weather Service says some waterspouts can be as dangerous as tornadoes, this one didn't leave much of a mark as no boaters were affected

Thanks to smartphones, people’s lives are more tied to their jobs than ever. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Observers have long known that only a few options were available for the route of the privately funded high-speed train line between Houston and Dallas. Now a firmer picture of where the trains mig...