News in Brief Ingrained Sexism Helps Explain Why Evangelicals Support Trump New research finds evangelical Protestants — especially Republicans — are highly biased against female political leaders. By Tom Jacobs Liberty University students… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The First Presidential Debate: A War of Pretty Much Anything But Words Policies and facial contortions aside, an overnight analysis of debate transcripts shows surprisingly few differences in the words… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Two-Million-Year History of the Temperature of the Earth Core samples from the bottom of the world’s oceans suggest a new take on ice ages of the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Upside of Testosterone Yes, it can be a catalyst for aggressive behavior. It can also inspire generosity. By Tom Jacobs (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief City Growth Is Weirdly Predictable Researchers unearth a simple pattern of population growth and decline in four major cities in the U.S. and… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Could the United States Fall Short of Its Emissions Reduction Pledges? The United States has acceded to the Paris Agreement, but the country’s current climate policies may not be… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Where Does Bad Science Come From? It’s a result of an academic culture that encourages scientists to publish at too high of a frequency.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Did Fracking Wastewater Disposal Cause East Texas’ Biggest Earthquake? It would appear so, according to a new study. Yet the Texas agency tasked with regulating oil drillers… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Europeans See Some Asylum Seekers as More Worthy Than Others New research suggests neither mass acceptance nor mass rejection of new immigrants from the Middle East. By Tom… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Obesity Probably Didn’t Evolve to Protect Us From Famine Researchers use genetics to test the “thrifty gene hypothesis” and find it lacking. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Justin… Pacific Standard Staff