Automobile23 Jun 2024The deafening noise harming childrenAs awareness grows of the toll noise has on children's health and learning, some cities show the way to quieter roads and classrooms.23 Jun 2024Future7 Mar 2024This bias makes you a dangerous driverCertain personality traits can predispose people to taking more risks on the road – but societal biases also lead to recklessness behind the wheel.7 Mar 2024Future30 Nov 2021How long until your car drives itself?Self-driving vehicles are steadily becoming a reality despite the many hurdles still to be overcome – and they could change our world in some unexpected ways.30 Nov 2021Future25 Aug 2015What’s wrong with self-driving carsLearning to drive a driverless car is more difficult than it sounds. One lab is monitoring how we might react when we have to give up the wheel to a computer.25 Aug 2015Future12 Aug 2015The car that runs on sunshineCars that run on the energy of the Sun have already hit the roads of the Australian desert - and their speeds can even approach a petrol engine.12 Aug 2015Future8 May 2015The secrets of slot machinesThe best of the week’s long reads in science and technology, including the psychology of price tags and how technology has made us gamble.8 May 2015Future30 Apr 2015Dawn of the plastic car?Printing the parts of a car and building it yourself sounds like pure fantasy. But one US lab has done just that. Jack Stewart investigates.30 Apr 2015Future20 Feb 2015Could Apple really make cars?Could Apple become a carmaker? Jack Stewart investigates the obstacles that will have to be negotiated if the iCar is to become reality.20 Feb 2015Future9 Feb 2015The fake city where robots roamDetroit was long the heart of the US car industry, but a short drive away is where cars of the future may take shape. Jack Stewart pays this stunt city a visit.9 Feb 2015Future