Ryan Jacobs
Pacific Standard
Chicago, IL, United States
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Past articles by Ryan:
The Mood Inside the Environmental Protection Agency: ‘Somber’
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, the future of the EPA is uncertain. → Read More
The Mood Inside the Environmental Protection Agency: ‘Somber’
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, the future of the EPA is uncertain. → Read More
The Numbness of Nice
By Ryan JacobsWhen the Paris attacks occurred, I was in Santa Barbara, California, preparing for a long reporting trip weaving through Italy and then → Read More
Why Is Hillary Clinton Making Strange Comments About Aliens? —
Extraterrestrial disclosure lobbyist and activist Stephen Bassett has a theory: She knows more than the rest of us. In an interview with… → Read More
Searching for a Man Named Penis
A quest to track down a real Penis proves difficult. → Read More
How Prison Architecture Can Transform Inmates' Lives
More open layouts can improve inmate-guard relations and support a culture of progress rather than fear. → Read More
Maps: Solitary Confinement, State by State
An exclusive review of how state prisons use isolation to discipline inmates and weed out gang members. → Read More
Can Social Clout Change How Much Something Weighs?
The powerless may carry even heavier loads than we thought. → Read More
Are No Internet Comments the Best Internet Comments?
A comment experiment with anti-smoking PSAs offers surprising results. → Read More
Predicting Disease Epidemics With Internet Search Data
Recent research suggests that evaluating desperate Google queries may be the best way to identify infectious disease outbreaks before they happen. → Read More
the dark side of the truffle trade
Nighttime heists, Chinese knockoffs, and poisoned meatball-sabotage: the high-stakes pursuit of the world's most-prized fungus → Read More
Racism Might Hurt Your Cells
A new study suggests a link between discrimination and the heath of cells. → Read More
229 Million Children Are Officially Invisible
According to a new report, the births of one in three kids under the age of five have not been registered. → Read More
Why So Many Icelanders Still Believe in Invisible Elves
How the country’s history and geography created the perfect setting for magical creatures, whose perceived existence sparks environmental protests to this day. → Read More
Why So Many Icelanders Still Believe in Invisible Elves
How the country’s history and geography created the perfect setting for magical creatures, whose perceived existence sparks environmental protests to this day. → Read More
Israel and BuzzFeed: When Government PR Goes Viral
User-generated content isn't just for everyday people anymore. → Read More