News in Brief Income Inequality Lowers Support for Democracy A large gap between rich and poor could be corrosive for a democratic political system. By Tom Jacobs… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Next Flint Water Crisis A new study suggests a number of minority American neighborhoods are at risk of having unhealthier water than… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Ebola May Not Always Have Symptoms A new study finds about 25 percent of cases in one Sierra Leone village went undetected. By Nathan… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief If Trees Die in the U.S., Do South America and Siberia Feel It? Oddly, yes, according to a new study that highlights the complex effects regional forest die-offs have on the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Our Brains Respond Differently to Classical Music Chinese researchers report even a few moments of opera produce a thoughtful, empathetic response. By Tom Jacobs (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Women in the Arts Get Paid Less Too But they have one advantage over their counterparts in other fields: no motherhood penalty. By Tom Jacobs (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Native American Genes Tell the Story of Europeans’ Arrival Europeans’ arrival in North America left a mark on the population of people already here. A new study… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Want Green Infrastructure? First, Invest in Infrastructure That’s not all that needs to be done, but it may be a necessary first step, researchers argue.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why We Live in Ideological Enclaves The psychological roots of our troublesome tendency to live among the like-minded. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: lecrajane/Flickr) This… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Scouting Is Linked With Better Mental Health at Midlife Your kids may complain about those camping trips, but they’ll thank you in a few decades. By Tom… Pacific Standard Staff