Iceland: Stop Sleeping With Your Family Members
The country so small everyone is related to everyone else.
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Here Is a Video of People Singing as New Zealand’s Parliament Legalizes Gay Marriage
Legislators unite for a Maori love song.
Gun Ownership Neither Increases Nor Decreases the Crime Rate
You are no less likely to be a victim of violent crime in a country with fewer guns.
The Correlation Between Gun Ownership and Homicide Rate
If you control for developing countries and South Africa, with its history of apartheid and ethnic conflict, there is a strong link between the number of guns per capita and gun-related homicides in a country.
The Truth About Violence and Gun Policy in the United States
We need to stop spinning the research on mass shootings and acts of terror—the outliers—so that we can focus on more common and deadlier threats.
Anxiety, Depression High Among Young Heavy Metal Fans
New research suggests fans of Rage Against the Machine aren’t so much full of rage as full of anxiety.
Driving Is Much Deadlier Than Terrorism—Why Isn’t It Scarier?
Humans are flighty, irrational creatures that calculate risk in fascinating ways.
Just Keep Running
Pacific Standard President P. Steven Ainsley, a marathoner and former publisher of The Boston Globe, reflects on the resiliency of runners—and of the people of Boston.
