Jul/Aug 2014

What you need to know about Bad Feminist, XL Love, and The Birth of Korean Cool.

And it's called stereotype threat.

Why can't triathletes and weightlifters get along?

It's almost always easier to cross international borders if you're something other than human.

The new American economy in three tablespoons of blood, a Walmart gift card, and a former mill town's DNA.

For children, the benefits of being born in tough times can outweigh the costs.

The latest entry in a series on subculture in America.

Swim lessons in international waters.

An old American obsession—the rogue detective's urge to crack the case—finds a new outlet.

Surgery is a fundamentally messy and stressful activity. When being a few millimeters off target can be life-changing, a surgeon needs to possess fierce concentration, unrelenting perfectionism, and, above all, staunch self-assurance.

In many situations, black men find themselves at a disadvantage. Gay men, too. But black gay men?

In every issue, we fix our gaze on an everyday photograph and chase down facts about details in the frame.

Humans are hardwired to go jelly-kneed around creatures with kinderschema—infant traits like big eyes, big head, and small body. Can we resist it?

Two brothers—a philosopher and a doctor—attempt to explain the cultural roots of madness.

Tracking the organ trade, anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes visited African and South American dialysis units, organ banks, police morgues, and hospitals. She interviewed surgeons, patient's rights activists, pathologists, nephrologists, and nurses. So why aren't more people listening to her?

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Diverse neighborhoods, it turns out, aren’t just conducive to hipsters.

From "The Wisdom of Music" to "The Human and Animal Bond," academic gatherings you should be aware of.

Updates to past Pacific Standard print stories.

Doctors today are too uncomfortable with uncertainty.

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Introducing Richard McNally, Amanda Wilson, Ethan Watters, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and Wen Shen.

One in 10 American adults struggles with depression, and women are twice as susceptible as men. Is facial paralysis the answer?

Public health wonks have figured out how to influence Hollywood writers: Don't call them, they'll call you.