Go! Magazine posted on December 20, 2013 Tram time! Thick dense vegetation, trees everywhere, more species of insects, birds, and animals you ever knew existed in one place…you guessed it! It is the rainforest and it is full of adventure! Have you ever wondered how in an animated place such as a rainforest, people move…
Go! Magazine posted on December 20, 2013 I remember that thrilling moment when I turned sixteen, and I could finally get my driver’s license. I work up earlier that morning than I had ever voluntarily done before, quickly shook my dad out of his stupor, and dragged him to the Department of Transportation—I drove—to obtain…
Go! Magazine posted on December 20, 2013 Are you planning to brave the heat on a wild desert themed vacation soon? If so, you’re going to need to know the basics. When I say basics I mean, how to do you travel around in all of that sand and dust? Climb aboard, your camel awaits!…
Go! Magazine posted on December 20, 2013 In 2008 only half of all potential millennial drivers (those born between the late 1980’s and mid-1990’s) had licenses, according to a report from the AAA. They also drove (vehicle miles traveled), on an average, 20 percent less than their parents did when they were the same age….
Go! Magazine posted on September 10, 2013 Maybe you don’t have your driver’s license or, almost worse yet, you do have your license but you don’t have a car to go along with it. Well, I have a solution for you: the bicycle! I can sense some rolled eyes and exasperated sighs at the suggestion…
Go! Magazine posted on July 31, 2013 When you hear the word “engineering” what do you think? Really difficult math problems sharpied on dirty windows was always my first thought. That is why I am writing this article and not designing an engine for Rolls Royce. But, after talking to some passionate and extremely accomplished…
Go! Magazine posted on June 25, 2013 If you have ever flown on an airplane, you know that it can be a cramped, rather uncomfortable experience, despite the novelty of gliding thousands of feet above the earth. While aboard airplanes, I’ve heard crying babies, hyperventilating thirty-year olds, and grumbling old men all expressing their exasperation…
Go! Magazine posted on May 24, 2013 Maybe you have seen some of those old movies where the characters board a train, smoke swirling around the platform, half-concealing the patrons. Those movies make trains look quaint, rather posh, and, frankly, outdated. The idea of trains as being the transportation of a past era is reflected…
Go! Magazine posted on April 23, 2013 Recently, I attempted to write a careers post about Aircraft archaeology for Go!. There was just one small problem. It’s a relatively new field; you won’t see it listed on any course curriculum, or on job postings. In fact, most of the people engaged in aircraft archaeology are…
Go! Magazine posted on December 19, 2012 As a graduate student at Iowa State University, I commute 3-4 days a week from my home in Boone, IA to campus—a distance of 20 miles roundtrip. This adds up to four or five hours a week on average that I’m in my car, and unable to do any…