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Green Driving

May 16, 2025 Salla Kim

Beep, beep! That guy ahead’s not just a bad driver, he’s destroying the planet! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Stop-and-go traffic is maddening, AND it increases fuel use and emissions! Vindula Jayawardana and Cathy Wu from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wondered: can self-driving

Self-Driving Safety

October 17, 2019 Bahareh Sorouri

With great autonomous vehicles, comes great autonomous responsibility! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. As we age, our reaction time slows and driving gets trickier. The solution? Self-driving cars! However, most autonomous cars require alert drivers ready to take control in an emergency. What if