News in Brief Drug Distributors Are Being Penalized for Willfully Ignoring the Opioid Epidemic The middlemen between drug companies and pharmacies have been hit recently with fines for their role in not… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ‘We Are Running Out of Time’: 60 Percent of Primates Are Sliding Toward Extinction A comprehensive study looking at more than 500 species of primates finds that most are declining in numbers… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Milo and the Violent, Well-Funded Right-Wing Attacks on Academic Freedom Guns, hostile lawmakers, and professional bigots are more dangerous to academic freedom than left-wing activists are. By David… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Private Capital Investments in Conservation Have Taken Off Since 2013 Banks and fund managers have funneled billions of dollars into investments aimed at delivering measurable environmental benefits as… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The March for Science Isn’t ‘Political’—It’s a Defense of Basic Truth Some scientists feel uncomfortable about the Science March, arguing that it will ‘politicize’ science. I couldn’t disagree more.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Teenagers Report a Surge in Bullying During a Divisive Election Season In a survey of 50,000 teenagers, some 70 percent reported abusive behavior across months of a notably angry… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Did the White House Just Put Us at Greater Risk for Mercury Poisoning? The White House is rolling back environmental and public-health regulations put in place in the final weeks of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump Announces Neil Gorsuch as His Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch could be the next Supreme Court Justice. What does that mean for the president’s controversial executive order… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Betsy DeVos Clears First Vote to Become Secretary of Education Still facing a wave of criticism, the appointee is headed for a full Senate vote. By Elena Gooray… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Gender Gaps and the Stalled Revolution When you look for them, gender gaps seem to be almost everywhere, from athletic performance to workplace earnings… Pacific Standard Staff