Neena Satija

Last year, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica reported on why Houston was so prone to flooding, and what would happen in a massive rainstorm. 

The ongoing battle between historians over who was really first in flight was rekindled last week.

New research advances the theory that a German immigrant in Connecticut is responsible for the first powered and controlled flight, rather than the Wright brothers in North Carolina.

But historians at the Smithsonian National ...