Miscellaneous

“What JUUL did that’s different is it exploited social media, where American middle and high school kids live. That was their innovation.” JUUL Market Entry Reversed a Downward Trend in Teen Nicotine Use The above quote by Dr. Robert Jackler, a Stanford University professor, explains how a pair of graduate […]

What does human trafficking look like? Imagine a young girl on her cellphone, texting, then telling her parents she is going to meet her friends for the night. Or imagine a young girl who does not speak English and has no visible means of support yet wears designer clothes, carries […]

In the 8th century, people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts and ghouls. The Roman Empire gave us our tradition of bobbing for apples at Halloween. In colonial America, it took on a celebration of the final harvest. It seems that the meaning of Halloween depends […]

For many families, the demands of the work week create a common occurrence of children returning to an empty house after school. As undesirable as that may be, the good news is there is a plethora of devices, gadgets and tools that can help moms and dads stay closely connected […]

A fatal crash involving a Tesla equipped with an autonomous-driving system has prompted not only a wrongful-death lawsuit by the family of the driver but also a federal probe into the vehicle maker’s much-scrutinized technology. Tesla’s autopilot technology is a breakthrough in artificial intelligence use in cars and other vehicles, […]

The headline in The Washington Post said it all: “Fisher-Price invented a popular baby sleeper without medical safety tests and kept selling it, even as babies died.” Not a stitch of clinical research was conducted, nor was the advice of a single pediatrician sought for the Rock ’n Play Sleeper, […]