Could China’s Communist Party Have Jumped the Shark at Wenzhou?
The current issue of The New Yorker features a lengthy look at China’s Wenzhou train disaster of last…
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What Joe Biden and Paul Ryan Can Learn From the History Books
University of Washington historian Margaret O'Mara's advice: be boring.
Citizen Scientists Look for Bees Behaving Badly
The idea of having lots of average people collect data for Certified Important Research TM is a hot…
Do Highly-Educated People Have Lousy Financial Discipline?
High finance Via ScienceCodex: A study by Ohio State University has found that the more educated you are, the…
Pew Research: One-Third of Those Under 30 Are Religiously Unaffiliated
Millenials may be driving a "gradual softening of religious commitment" in the U.S.
Facebook at One Billion: Too Big to Fail?
With Zuckerberg’s Blob having now engulfed 10 figures worth of followers, it’s well worth reading this fascinating analysis…
The Presidential Debate and the Mom Test
Last night a group of Pacific Standard staff members watched the presidential debate together. As news/politics junkies, we…