In the Picture: Working Out in Ukraine, Cybernetics, and Hygienic Recommendations
In every issue, we fix our gaze on an everyday photograph and chase down facts about details in the frame.
Browsing Tag
Jul/Aug 2014
25 posts
Can’t Rent Me Love: One Woman’s Battle Against Pet Fads
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?
The Truman Show Delusion: Can Culture Make Us Crazy?
Two brothers—a philosopher and a doctor—attempt to explain the cultural roots of madness.
The Organ Detective: A Career Spent Uncovering a Hidden Global Market in Human Flesh
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?
Who Funded That? The Names and Numbers Behind the Research in Our July/August 2014 Print Issue
This list includes studies cited in our pages that received funding from a source other than the researchers’ home institutions. Only principal or corresponding authors are listed.
The Ongoing Mental Health Benefits of Neighborhood Diversity
Diverse neighborhoods, it turns out, aren’t just conducive to hipsters.
3 Conferences Taking Place in July and August That Are Worth Attending
From "The Wisdom of Music" to "The Human and Animal Bond," academic gatherings you should be aware of.
Since We Last Spoke: Sober Living, Online Harassment, and the Evolution of InTrade
Updates to past Pacific Standard print stories.
The Decline of the Physical Exam in Modern Medicine
Doctors today are too uncomfortable with uncertainty.
Social Networking: Letters and Other Responses to Our May/June 2014 Print Issue
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