Tag: Public opinion
Want to know what will happen in 2020? Look to state...
Daniel R. Birdsong, University of Dayton
Public opinion polls are ingrained in American politics. It seems like every day there is a new poll about...
Why support for the death penalty is much higher among white...
Kevin O'Neal Cokley, University of Texas at Austin
Sentencing a person to die is the ultimate punishment. There is no coming back from the permanence...
Increasing numbers of Americans support gun background checks
Kent E. Portney, Texas A&M University and Carol L. Goldsmith, Texas A&M University
In the aftermath of the shootings in El Paso, Texas,...
Driverless cars are going to disrupt the airline industry
Stephen Rice, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Scott Winter, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
As driverless cars become more capable and more common, they will change people’s travel...
Don’t shoot! That drone overhead probably isn’t invading your privacy
Stephen Rice, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Mattie Milner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
The first commercial medical drones are taking flight in the U.S., delivering blood samples...
Cultured meat seems gross? It’s much better than animal agriculture
Matti Wilks, Yale University
The world is in the grips of a food-tech revolution. One of the most compelling new developments is cultured meat, also...
Why do so many Americans now support legalizing marijuana?
Amy Adamczyk, City University of New York; Christopher Thomas, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Jacob Felson, William Paterson University
American views on marijuana...
Rogue science strikes again: The case of the first gene-edited babies
G. Owen Schaefer, National University of Singapore
The idea of scientists tinkering with the genes of babies was once the provenance of science fiction, but...
EXPLORING NATURE
As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste
Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, American University School of International Service
The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President...
