The Week in Photos: From Easter Eggs to Nepalese New Year
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard’s daily photo feature. Nepalese Hindu devotees push a wooden chariot…
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Your Online Profile Photos Aren’t as Flattering as You Think
New research suggests we’re not the best judges of the impression that images of ourselves convey. By Tom…
Viewfinder: A Farming Crisis in France
The word HELP, formed by a farmer in his wheat field in Athée-sur-Cher, denounces the crisis in France’s…
When Surgery Leads to a Prescription Painkiller Dependence
How do people become addicted to pain pills? This question has taken on prime importance, as about two…
Smaller Families Produce Bigger Children
Once upon a time, American families were larger, and American children were smaller. Coincidence? Perhaps not. When it…
A Trip to the Zoo Can Get People Talking About Climate Change
New research finds an informal education program gives people the tools to discuss the problem intelligently.
Religious Violence Is on the Rise Around the World
For the first time in three years, government-sanctioned restrictions against religion has increased rather than decreased, a Pew…
Mi Amor, You Brighten My World—and Stimulate My Creativity
Think back for a moment to that semester you spent abroad. Remember the affair you had with that…