News in Brief How Your Internal Clock Could Affect the Severity of a Cold A study in mice finds that the timing of an infection relative to circadian rhythms affects how quickly… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Clearer Portrait Emerges of Trump Supporters They mistrust experts, whom they consider members of a self-serving elite. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Angelo Merendino/Getty Images)… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Science Explains Why Prescription Drugs Cost So Much in America And what we can do about it. By Francie Diep (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Why do prescription drugs… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Literary Fiction Helps Us ‘Read’ Others Stories featuring complex characters enhance our ability to decipher subtle verbal cues that communicate emotions. By Tom Jacobs… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief In the Long Run, Republicans Are Screwed Younger voters are more liberal than their predecessors, and Donald Trump is driving them away from the GOP.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief If History Is a Guide, American Politics Is About to Get Weird This election season bears a striking resemblance to the one back in 1896—you know, the one that radically… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Despite Progress, Many Still Find Interracial Marriage Icky People say they’re OK with it, but new experiments suggest otherwise. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Ferran Jordà/Flickr) In… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Veterans Are Less Likely to Live in Segregated Neighborhoods New research suggests the experience of military service makes whites more open to living alongside people of all… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Political Extremism Is No Big Deal to Voters A new study tests the idea that candidates like Cruz, Sanders, Goldwater, and McGovern were too extreme for… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How to Tackle Racial Inequality in the Water Olympian Simone Manuel’s achievements are a sign that recent initiatives to get kids swimming may be working. By… Pacific Standard Staff