On the days Briggitte Beauchamps drives her daughter to a school bus stop in Florida, she is haunted by a phone call she received in mid-October. Beauchamps’ husband had just dropped off their ...

The science behind colors is fascinating, and it is the unique way they interact with our eyes and the environment that decides how to best apply them. Take, for example, the traffic lights, or danger ...

Before the pandemic, roughly 70,000 students rode 800 buses to public school buildings in Orange County, Fla. But as of the first few weeks of this school year, the number of students riding the bus ...

School buses are built to be a safe and durable mode of transportation for students around the world. But have you ever wondered what powers these buses? While the outside of a school bus hasn't ...

As the new school year begins, yellow school buses are once again a familiar sight on the roads. But those large vehicles come with a hefty price tag. In 2025, the average cost of a new school bus ...

Wylie Wong is a freelance journalist who specializes in business, technology and sports. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Today’s school buses are doing much more ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Zerin Dube was on his way home from work the other day when he saw something so ridiculous he had to ...

Over our school careers, millions of us became super familiar with the iconic bright yellow school bus. We'd dread the sound of its approach as we feverishly finished the previous night's homework, ...

Parents are having to take a larger role in getting their children to school over issues with buses, from driver shortages to bullying, leaving many employed caretakers in tough spots. In the 2025 ...

Students across New York City are waiting up to an hour for school buses, as a driver shortage and conflict over a contract hamstring the city’s ability to find a solution. By Claire Fahy Less than a ...

One of the purported advantages of self-driving car tech is that every car can learn from one vehicle’s mistakes. Here’s how Waymo puts it on its website: “The Waymo Driver learns from the collective ...