Would one expect to see an increased amount of jerks amongst drivers involved in accidents, rather than drivers who have not been involved in accidents? Yes, explain Omar Bagdadi [pictured] (of VTI, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Borlänge, Sweden) and András Várhelyib (of Trafik och väg, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Sweden), in a paper […]
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Failed landings by chickens (pilot studies)
Of all the highly-evolved skills that chickens can be said to have, flying’s not one of them. So although those concerned with animal-welfare will no-doubt welcome moves (afoot in some quarters) to provide more space for egg-laying hens, some have noted that : “This larger, more complex environment permits expression of behaviors not seen in […]
Religion Wards Off Stock Price Crashes, Sort Of
Writing with a clarity that appeals to certain accounting professors, two members of that profession tell how they discovered some sort of possible link between (A) some people being religious in certain ways; and (B) the risk of stock prices crashing for companies that technically have their corporate headquarters in the counties in which those […]
Physics problem: Drunk driver backseat sex
The Washington Post presents a classic physics problem, in the form of text from a court document in Fairfax County, Virginia. The case involves a man alleged to have been the driver in an automobile that crashed at high speed: Paragraph 10. “At the time of the collision, Defendant was going 85 miles per hour.” […]