News in Brief How to Use Facebook to Increase Voter Turnout Reluctant voters respond to social pressure. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Stephen Lam/Getty Images) Reasonable responses to the current… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Story of Police Shootings, as Told by Health-Care Data Injury codes bolster the belief that police are injuring and killing African Americans at a higher rate mainly… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Can a Brain Scan Tell What You’re Thinking? A new experiment advances the idea that brain scans can teach us something about how the human mind… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Do Racy Billboards Create Better Drivers? New research finds surprising evidence to that effect. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: jaroslavd/Flickr) Most of us think of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Subculture: End-of-Life Doulas The latest in a series of miniature portraits of life on the fringes. As Told to Elena Gooray… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Macho Men Still Won’t Seek Out Help In the Western United States, middle-aged men are self-reliant to a fault, which may partially explain the region’s… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How to Inspire Caring and Generosity: Music The answer isn’t blowing in the wind. It’s playing on the soundtrack. By Tom Jacobs Joan Baez and… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Should You Trust Your Gut When Judging Emotions? Probably not, according to new research. By Nathan Collins (Photo: designmilk/Flickr) For perhaps the same weird reasons people… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Do Sports Reporters Save Their More Serious Questions for the Men? An analysis of tennis press conferences hints that, relative to men, women are asked fewer questions about the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief In the Picture: On the Couch in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn In every print issue, we fix our gaze on an everyday photograph and chase down facts about details… Pacific Standard Staff