Stories by Linda Baker

Taking Waves: Nation's First Tsunami-Resistant Building Could Be Built on the Oregon Coast

The design, which features reinforcements at the base of a large stilted building to help prevent damage from powerful tsunamis, aims to provide a new city hall and vertical-escape shelter for 1,500 people...

March 18, 2011 — Linda Baker

The Sciences

Numbers Wars: School Battles Heat Up Again in the Traditional versus Reform-Math Debate

Weak student scores fuel the fight in mathematics education

February 19, 2010 — Linda Baker

Health

How to Get More Bicyclists on the Road

To boost urban bicycling, figure out what women want

October 16, 2009 — Linda Baker

The Sciences

Removing Roads and Traffic Lights Speeds Urban Travel

Urban travel is slow and inefficient, in part because drivers act in self-interested ways

January 28, 2009 — Linda Baker

Sustainability

Turf Battles: Politics Interfere with Species Identification

As nations view their flora and fauna as commodities, science suffers

December 9, 2008 — Linda Baker

Sustainability

On the Rebound

Discouraging people from using more energy just because it costs less

July 15, 2007 — Linda Baker