Will a Republican Congress Knock Science Back Into the Stone Age?
Predicting the effect of a victory for the G.O.P. "know-nothing flat-earthers" on science policy
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Egg Recall Hatches More Regulations
More FDA regulations don't always mean greater food safety.
Tyranny Goes Global
Iran sets a dangerous precedent by jailing Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan.
Aaron Sorkin's Anxiety Closet
With the social network, the man behind The West Wing finds something to be cynical about.
From Yuck to Yippee!
What this year's Nobel Prize for a test tube baby pioneer tells us about the moral endorsement of technology.
Revving Up Electric Cars With Government Cash
We'll never know if the electric car industry would have been viable without subsidies.
Let Them Eat Frankenfish!
After 15 years, the FDA is about to let genetically modified fish enter the food supply. It's about time.
Live Forever, Or Die Trying
Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Weiner surveys the state of immortality research.
A Wasted Decade?
Life isn't perfect. But advances in medicine and technology are making things better all the time.
Burning Money to Turn Coal into Gas
In which Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey confesses to his role as a petty Igor to Jimmy Carter's energy-regulating Dr. Frankenstein.
