TEXAS HIGHWAYS | MARCH 2019
Man Versus the Most Untamed Stretch of River in Texas
An exhilarating paddling trip on the Rio Grande.
Cowboys & Indians | MARCH 2018
Riders on the Storm
When Hurricane Harvey flooded Southeast Texas farms and ranches, cowboys answered the call.
WIRED | NOVEMBER 2017
Into the Vortex
Supertornado simulations just might be the breakthrough needed to understand how the world’s worst twisters work.
Popular Mechanics | August 2017
How to Stop the Wind
Don Greer and his wife, Helen, hid in a tornado shelter. Only he survived. Now, a team of engineers has committed to doing the impossible: building a structure that’s stronger and smarter than the merciless, random powers of nature itself.
Cowboys & Indians | April 2017
The Modern Empire of the Saddle
The patriarch of the R.A. Brown Ranch in West Texas embraces science, technology, and business diversification to maintain his cattle dynasty’s improbable longevity.
Texas Monthly | June 2014
Leading Fire Investigation Into the Twenty-first Century
Texas is changing what we know about arson science. And it all started with Sonia Cacy.
D Magazine | May 2014
Earthquakes and the Texas Miracle
Oceans of oil and gas are filling state coffers and shaking our region.
Dallas Observer | August 2013
The Last Ride of Legendary Storm Chaser Tim Samaras
Tim Samaras chased storms with tools of his own invention and pushed his limits to achieve unheard-of breakthroughs. Yet even as Samaras transformed the field, his risks kept growing. When he finally met his match—in a faceoff against the largest tornado ever recorded—it upended everything he knew.
Dallas Observer | May 2013
The Killings in Kaufman
Who assassinated the county DA and his top prosecutor?
NASHVILLE SCENE | AUGUST 2009
A Nashville Hijacking 38 Years Ago Set the Standard on How Not to Handle Hostage Negotiations
Susan Germaine Giffe, 25, spills out of a Cadillac and onto the tarmac in a mod-flower-print dress. It's 1:30 a.m. at the Nashville airport. Susan, a head-turner with dark, wide-set eyes and straight chestnut hair, is screaming at the pilots who are talking to her estranged husband less than 100 feet away. “I'm being kidnapped! Help!"