News in Brief What Drove Patagonian Megafauna to Extinction? Some 12,000 years ago, humans and climate change combined to kill off some of South America’s largest animals.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Is Generosity Contagious? Group norms influence people’s willingness to help others. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: David Ip/Flickr) As we have seen… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Stigma Hurts Transgender Lives Stigma kills. That’s the lesson from a series of papers reviewing the health of transgender people around the world, published… Francie Diep
News in Brief Thinking About Eyeliner Makes You Weigh Less, and Other Strange (and Untrue) Conclusions From… A new study highlights a subtle problem with the growing number of experiments being conducted online. By Nathan… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Making Art Will Lower Your Stress Level Turn off cable news and start molding some clay. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: lifesauntering/Flickr) With tension and fear… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Economics of Antibiotic Resistance The business model for developing new antibiotics is broken, researchers say. The question is, can we make a… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Listening to Morrissey Can Put a Smile on Your Face For many of us, listening to sad music is enjoyable—even uplifting. By Nathan Collins John Cusack as Rob… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Acceptance of Gays and Lesbians Is at a Record High in the U.S. And a rising number of Americans report having had a sexual encounter with someone of the same gender.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Just How Easy Is It to Get People to Vote? Not quite so easy as some had thought, according to a new study. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Geoff… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Facebook Friends to the End — and Beyond The social network can provide an ongoing sense of connection with a deceased loved one. By Tom Jacobs… Pacific Standard Staff