Features Issue #56: May/June 2017 Magazine Previous Issues The Evolution of Storytelling Technology From cave art to virtual reality, a timeline of communication methods. Morgan Baskin & Jack Denton
Economics Uber to Pay Back Tens of Thousands of Drivers in New York City Due to a system error, Uber's ride commission was coming out of gross fare, costing workers extra. Nick Hagar
News in Brief The Risks Associated With ‘Sexting’ Are Greatly Overstated A new meta-study finds little evidence sexually charged communications are a precursor to unhealthy behaviors. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief The Unique Linguistic Effects of ‘Laughing Out Loud’ Historically, written language has been created to represent spoken language. For the first time, that dynamic is working in the opposite direction. Rick Paulas
Environment Spotlight on Women and the Environment: Kristen Hazard A series of discussions with attendees and speakers at our conference this week. Pacific Standard Staff
Environment The Peruvian Amazon Has Lost Over 1 Million Hectares of Forest in the Last 15 Years Small and medium-scale agriculture was responsible for 80 percent of the deforestation between 2001 and 2015. Alexa Eunoé Vélez Zuazo
Environment The Growing Threat of Global Electronic Waste To understand—and combat—the impact of e-waste, it first helps to understand its scope. Mariatu Santiago
News in Brief Are Smartphones Changing Our Moral Values? New research suggests your ethics may depend upon your electronics. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Disney Will Not Pay Hackers, CEO Says Disney CEO Bob Iger says his company will not pay the hackers' demanded ransom. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief These Four Charts Show the Sorry State of Cybersecurity Cyber attacks are ramping up, and we're not ready for it. Nick Hagar