Humans' response to risk can be unnecessarily dangerous, study
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - 12:21
in Biology & Nature
The traffic light ahead of you is turning yellow. Do you gun the engine and speed through the intersection, trusting that others will wait for their green, or do you slow down and wait your turn?
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