Tom Jacobs

Mass shootings are actually bad for gun control advocates

The horrifying truth is that massacres are difficult to prevent. More common gun crimes are another story entirely

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Monday, Dec 17, 2012 6:14 PM UTC 11
Life Pacific Standard, NRA, Columbine

New research suggests that when it comes to moral values, the left is more prone than the right

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 9:04 PM UTC 52
Politics Pacific Standard, The Left

New research reveals that 50 years after the introduction of the pill, sexual double standards are alive and well

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 7:16 PM UTC 12
Life Pacific Standard, Gender, Sex

New research on endorphins finds people have higher pain thresholds immediately after singing, dancing and drumming

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Friday, Nov 23, 2012 4:00 PM UTC
Life Music, Science, Brain

When did our very identities become inextricably bound to our political parties? A political scientist explains

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012 9:10 PM UTC 11
Politics Democratic Party

As a personality, 007 has always been epically dull. So why is the franchise still alive and kicking?

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 20
Entertainment Pacific Standard, james bond

Australian researchers report deep breathing dramatically reduces musicians’ performance anxiethy

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Monday, Oct 8, 2012 6:41 PM UTC
Life Stress, Australia

New experiments with mice offer telling clues about the neurobiology of fear

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 3:58 PM UTC
Life Pacific Standard, Neuroscience

Mindy Kaling's just the latest breakout star of South Asian extraction

Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 5:30 PM UTC 11
Entertainment Pacific Standard, Mindy Kaling