If Cellphones Went Extinct, How Would We Live?
With cellphones increasingly dominating every aspect of U.S. life, some researchers are wondering what happens when we go cold turkey.
Sara Barbour
Sara Barbour is a project coordinator for National Public Media, the media sales division of NPR and PBS. She was an editorial intern with Pacific Standard in 2008.
Me Generation Actually the Us Generation
Although tough times certainly contribute, there are hints the younger generation's commitment to public service is genuine.
A Different Meaning for Missing the Bus
Intercity bus service is on the rebound in the U.S. thanks to some spiffy new competitors, but only half the country has gotten on board so far.
How I Labored Over My Summer Vacation
Miller-McCune's first-ever summer intern returns this summer to discuss the pressure many college students face to fill their off hours with something useful.
College Students Again Poltically Aware
The surveys make it official: Today's collegians may not protest in the streets, but the networked generation is as anti-war and political as students in the '60s.
Book Review — "The Long Baby Boom" by Jeff Goldsmith
Hey, man, this baby boomer retirement thing ain't that big a deal. OK?
What Appears on the White House China?
We know their treaties, their speeches, their wars and their legacies. So what about their favorite foods?
Convention Speeches: What to Expect
The National Conventions are fast approaching, and with them comes growing anticipation for their crowning moments — the presidential candidates nomination acceptance speeches.
A-Bomb Use Launched 'New Era'
Rife with 'fateful risks' and swallowing over $2 billion, the fight was long and hard, but 63 years ago, the 'battle of the laboratories' finally drew to a close.
GIS: Cops Favor New Kind of Plotting
Spatial representation provides genuine clues to crime prevention for urban police forces.
Britain’s UFOs (Uncovered Factual Objects) Sighted
The U.K.'s Freedom of Information Act used to pry the lid off a festering document horde from Britain's own version of Project Blue Book.
Brownfield Redemption, Green Accommodation
A proposed green hotel in Toronto is meant to show that environmentalism needn't be a money loser.