News in Brief Altruism Is Deeply Satisfying—in the Bedroom And you thought generosity was its own reward. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: tamaralvarez/Flickr) The issue of why people… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What Are the Social Costs of the Flint Water Crisis? Never mind the infrastructure investments: The damage done to Flint’s kids could be much worse. By Nathan Collins… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Will Write This Blog Post for Food New research suggests homeless people’s humorous solicitations are resoundingly ineffective. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Taking a More Sophisticated Look at Human Beings When it comes to social dilemmas, there are four types of people, experimental economists say. By Nathan Collins… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Lord, Save Us From President Trump—Amen Partisans become more religious when a member of the opposing party is in the White House. By Tom… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Supreme Court’s Ongoing Battle Over Transgender Bathroom Rights The push to expand sex-based discrimination laws just hit a snag. By Elena Gooray (Photo: Sara D. Davis/Getty… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Sickle Cell Trait Doesn’t Raise the Risk of Death But having a single copy of the sickle-cell gene does put carriers at risk for a serious muscle… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Marriage Drives Us to Drink Less New research confirms married people consume less alcohol than their single or divorced counterparts. By Tom Jacobs (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Arctic Army Testing Site That Climate Change Could Uncover Engineers once thought snow would always accumulate in Greenland, thus burying, forever, the army bases they abandoned. But… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Research Into How Children Experience Animal Abuse Shows Why Domestic Violence Shelters Should… Twenty-four percent of children whose mothers experience domestic violence also see threats to or abuse of companion animals,… Pacific Standard Staff