Economics Texting and the Stressed-Out Freshman A survey of first-year university students finds a link between heavy texting and poor sleeping. Tom Jacobs
Economics Study: Yep, Texting While Crossing the Street Is Not Great Via the Seattle Times: A study of more than 1,100 Seattle pedestrians in the optimistically titled journal Injury… Marc Herman
Social Justice Sept. 11 Mood Study Based on Texting Is Flawed Research that showed a steady rise in anger among Americans in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, is apparently invalid. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Researchers Examine Life Without Cellphones With cellphones increasingly dominating every aspect of U.S. life, some researchers are wondering what happens when we go cold turkey. Sara Barbour
Books & Culture News in Brief Previous Site Sections Uncle Sam: Put Down That iPhone The administration’s latest dot-gov wants American drivers to focus on the road. But how will the populace react to chiding while driving? Emily Badger
Economics The Key to Safe Driving? It could be Key2SafeDriving, a new device that wirelessly links a cell phone and car key so your teenager can't call or text while driving. Matt Palmquist
Social Justice OK, Maybe Joan Rivers Can Still Use It for Her Headaches … A look at some current research that merits a raised eyebrow or a painful grin. Miller-McCune Staff
Economics Tests, Texting and Tuberculosis: Nagging That Works When it comes to treating tuberculosis, the primary difficulty many doctors encounter today is the unfortunate reality that… Sara Barbour