Study: Vivaldi boosts mental vitality
Have a challenging mental task ahead of you? Try using Spring from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons as background music
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 9:38 PM UTCLife Pacific Standard, Vivaldi, Spring
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Take our nuclear waste, please!
After Fukushima, the Obama administration is scrambling to find new storage centers for America's spent fuel rods
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 8:11 PM UTCPolitics Pacific Standard, Nuclear Waste
“Crowdfunding” brings science back to the masses
By using public funds for their projects, scientists like Tyler Alterman are getting people involved in their work
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 8:00 PM UTCSocial Pacific Standard, Science
Save the rhino!
Thanks to rampant poaching, black rhinos are on the verge of extinction. We can save them by farming their horns
Saturday, Mar 9, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 14Life Pacific Standard, Animals
What we talk about when we talk about donuts
A comparative literature professor ponders terms for sugar
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 1:16 PM UTCLife Pacific Standard, Sugar, Diabetes
Study: Pols think voters are more conservative than they actually are
New research suggests legislative candidates have systematically misperceived their constituents' views
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 5:53 PM UTCPolitics Pacific Standard, Gay Marriage
Why did Bach go blind?
An ophthalmologist posits that the composer suffered from secondary glaucoma following a botched eye operation
Saturday, Mar 2, 2013 5:00 PM UTCLife Pacific Standard
Saving psychology
The Reproducibility Project aims to bring back research replication, essential for good science, back to psychology
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 7:02 PM UTCSocial Pacific Standard, Psychology
Hollywood’s nowhere near gender equality
Despite Kathryn Bigelow’s win, women still have 32.6 percent of speaking roles in the films that win golden statues
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 3:00 PM UTCSocial Pacific Standard
Gun owners are obsessed with zombies
Manufacturers are using the zombie apocalypse trend as a tongue-in-cheek marketing tactic VIDEO
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 5:28 PM UTC 36Life Video, Pacific Standard, Guns
Do campaigns still work?
Research suggests that elections are mostly determined by factors outside of candidates' control
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 7:38 PM UTCElections Pacific Standard
Why are gay men and straight women friends?
A new study suggests the Will and Grace dynamic owes to swapping romantic advice
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 7:08 PM UTCLife Pacific Standard, Psychology
How to save the USPS
Hint: It will also protect ordinary Americans from financial predators
Monday, Feb 18, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 25News POstal service, Government
Pope Benedict the liberal?
He's been typecast in American eyes as an unyielding conservative. The real Benedict is more multi-dimensional
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013 8:02 PM UTC 13Life Pope Benedict
Why you can’t stop perusing your Facebook profile
New research suggests regular checks don't make you narcissistic -- just human
Monday, Feb 11, 2013 8:35 PM UTCTechnology Pacific Standard, Facebook
Monopoly turns us into capitalist vultures
In its original version, players could pay their rent to a common pool. Today, the game celebrates ruthlessness
Saturday, Feb 9, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 15Social Pacific Standard, monopoly
There’s a reason more liberals shop at Trader Joe’s
New research shows that Conservatives tend to prefer the brand-name products of Walmart
Thursday, Feb 7, 2013 7:43 PM UTC 30Social Pacific Standard, Conservatives
Study: Earning less than your wife is bad for your libido
Research in Denmark finds that husbands of female breadwinners are more likely to use erectile dysfunction drugs
Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 6:38 PM UTCSocial Pacific Standard, Marriage
iPhones make lousy dermatologists
New smartphone apps claim to provide medical help, offering false promises of correctly diagnosing skin cancer
Monday, Feb 4, 2013 7:08 PM UTCSocial Pacific Standard, smartphones
Drink to your health!
A new study reveals beer can have positive health effects on diabetes, inflammation and even forms of cancer
Saturday, Feb 2, 2013 11:00 PM UTCSocial Pacific Standard, Beer
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