News in Brief The Hidden Costs of Uprooting Your Family A Danish study suggests moving during one’s early to mid-adolescent years is a risk factor for a variety… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Growing Up Poor, Eating Too Much as an Adult Moving up on the socioeconomic ladder as you age may not be enough to distance yourself from the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Does a Woman’s Period Affect Her Athletic Performance? Exercise scientists don’t really know, and that’s a problem, according to a new editorial. By Kate Wheeling (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Was the Planet Ever Really Pristine? Not for thousands of years, researchers say—and it’s time we owned up to that fact. By Nathan Collins… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Perverse Effects of Prison on Black Men’s Mental Health Black men who’ve been incarcerated are psychologically better off when another family member goes up the river—and that’s… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Are California’s Youth Offender Parole Hearings Working? A new study evaluates whether California’s new specialized parole hearings live up to the Supreme Court’s mandate to give juvenile lifers a real shot at release. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Prescription Painkillers Could Make Pain Last Longer A study in rats hints that morphine and other opioids trigger inflammation and, as a result, more pain… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Where Bees Get Their Pollen and Pesticides Urban gardeners and mosquito-abatement could be partly to blame for bee declines. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Are Wildfires Getting Worse? Globally, no, but there are big regional variations—and climate change isn’t the necessarily the most important factor. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Infants Learn Better When Listening to Human Speech—or Lemurs New experiments suggest infants narrow their attention to focus on humans not because they’re human, but because humans… Pacific Standard Staff