Stories by tokenadult

Who's Behind the Wheel? Nobody. The driverless car is coming.

Speciation in real time

The Mathematics Behind xkcd: A Conversation with Randall Munroe

Genetic Essentialism: On the Deceptive Determinism of DNA

Wukan Revisited: No, China's Village Experiment in Democracy Isn't Over

New School: A Tumblr for Making Your Own Textbooks

What 6 rules should be guiding your career?

Will Google Make Money Off the Self-Driving Car?

The Schoolmaster: Former McKinsey consultant defines what kids learn in school

Do crows, like humans, have a concept of “hidden causal agents”?

The father of India’s “white revolution” has died, aged 90

Are We Really Getting Smarter?

The Hidden Inheritance Many Parents Already Provide

Doctors found to lack trust in drug company studies

You Can Buy An Island, But Can You Really Own It?

Capturing the Dimensions of Effective Teaching

Most Reported Genetic Associations with IQ Are Probably False Positives (.PDF)

Public Schools and Money

A marine mystery solved (and a bit about birds)

In the rich world, people seem to be driving less than they used to.