Why Didn’t California’s Handheld Phone Ban Reduce Motor Accidents?
Are handheld cell phones as dangerous as they have been made out to be?
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It Just Got Easier to Ban Outdoor Smoking
A new mapping technique could help public officials make the case to ban smoking in public areas.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The Proud Kansan Who Wants to Put Middle-Class Americans in Office
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.
Is There Anything We Can Do to Correct for the Fact That We’re All a Little Bit Prejudiced?
New research on implicit bias offers some valuable insights on how it operates in negotiation settings—but also highlights the complicated ways it resists intervention.
Which Eggheads Should Run Washington, D.C.?
Five years after the financial crash, psychologists are still asking economists to hand over the keys.
Embracing the Economics of Happiness
Vermont tries out an alternative to GDP for gauging society's progress.
Building a Legal Marijuana Industry From the Ground Up
Washington's Initiative 502 legalized pot across the state, but provided only a few guidelines for how to produce, process, and retail the drug. What regulations will lawmakers put in place—and will they convince black market users to switch to a new, regulated industry?
Would Breaking Bad’s Czech Meth Scheme Work?
Two lessons for Walter White: European meth users are locavores, and there's not that many of them anyway.