Tag: Public opinion
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...
Would you eat ‘meat’ from a lab? Consumers aren’t necessarily sold...
Walter Johnson, Arizona State University; Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University, and Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University
It’s been a busy summer for food-based biotech. The...
Support for the Endangered Species Act remains high as Trump administration...
Jeremy T. Bruskotter, The Ohio State University; John A Vucetich, Michigan Technological University, and Ramiro Berardo, The Ohio State University
The Endangered Species Act, or...
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...
