Our Limited Understanding of the Fetish
The lack of insightful scientific information on what drives fetishes points toward a loosening of restrictions and a widening of what defines "normal."
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Do Women Lie About Their Sexual Arousal?
Or do scientists just not know how to measure female arousal the way they do male arousal?
Five Studies on the Links Between Sugar and Heart Disease
The scientific evidence for whether eating too much sugar causes Type 2 diabetes and other diseases.
The Former Dentist Uncovering Sugar’s Rotten Secrets
University of California–San Francisco researcher Cristin Kearns dropped a promising career at the Kaiser Foundation to dig through sugar industry archives for a smoking gun. With help from the man who brought down Big Tobacco, she’s now proving that Big Sugar steered scientists away from looking at the ingredient’s harmful effects.
Cracking Big Sugar
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
More Than Just a Love Letter to Journalism
Tom McCarthy’s acclaimed new film, Spotlight, has a lot to teach us about putting more resources toward long-term research, both inside and outside of the newsroom.
Ten Times Science Made Us Feel Better About Humanity in 2015
A toast to this year's most awesome science headlines.
