Tag: Driving
Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but what...
Abdesalam Soudi, University of Pittsburgh
Recently, while on my way to the University of Pittsburgh’s campus, I made a quick “Pittsburgh left” – taking a...
Why Silicon Valley wants you to text and drive
Jack Barkenbus, Vanderbilt University
As self-driving cars come closer to being common on American roads, much of the rhetoric promoting them has to do with...
Why today’s teens aren’t in any hurry to grow up
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Teens aren’t what they used to be.
The teen pregnancy rate has reached an all-time low. Fewer teens are...
With legal pot comes a problem: How do we weed out...
Igor Grant, University of California, San Diego
On Nov. 8 voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada approved ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis. It...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
