Primer Archives

Superfoods Aren’t Really All That Super

Why do we keep reaching for them as a quick health fix when the science says they're not so special?

Parents are more comfortable with corporal punishment when gentler language is used to describe it.

A reduction roughly equivalent to a dose of morphine.

Research shows that, while people feel more in control after a "power pose," there are no significant changes in their overall behavior.

Stuck inside our heads, we all know how much we're watching others, but fail to grasp just how much everyone else is watching us.

Introducing Pacific Standard's May'June 2017 issue.

How lower tariffs lead to people buying more soda.

Most of the time, we end up with opinions we parrot from political figures we support.

Can political positioning affect paychecks?

New Age meditation practices are being deployed everywhere—from prisons to tense office buildings.