Drunken Recklessness May Be Genetic
A "relatively common" genetic mutation may trigger poor impulse control, especially when drinking.
Science
Matt Ridley and Ronald Bailey Talk About The Evolution of Everything This Wednesday in D.C.
Incremental, bottom-up, trial-and-error innovation yields moral progress, superior technologies, and greater wealth
Where Hillary Clinton's Marijuana Proposal Falls Short
Moving pot to Schedule II is weak tea compared to Bernie Sanders' support for repealing federal prohibition.
Will Climate Change Ruin Your Sex Life?
Global warming will cool sexual passion, says new study
Big Sugar Versus Big Corn: Bitter Fight Over Sweeteners in California Court
Real scandal is the amount of subsidies both Sugar Daddies are pulling down from Uncle Sugar.
Hottest October in Satellite Record: Global Temperature Trend Update
Man-made warming plus El Nino makes for a hot time
Self-Driving Vehicles Experience Higher Accident Rate Than Conventional Cars, Says Preliminary Study
But all reported accidents are the fault of conventional cars.
Michigan Creates 'Bogus Crimes' by Conflating Cannabis Extracts With Synthetic THC
Defense attorneys say hundreds of marijuana cases may be tainted by state crime labs' "systematic evidence tampering."
Brookings Report Decries the Federal Government's 'War on Medical Marijuana Research'
Practical suggestions for making it easier to investigate the therapeutic properties of cannabis
Epidemiology Makes Astrology Look Respectable
Sitting all day will kill you. Well, maybe not.
Police Body Cameras Reduce Violence, Says Yet Another Study
Watched cops are polite cops, and citizens too.
Fracking Does Not Contaminate Drinking Water, Says New Yale Study
Environmentalist opposition to fracking undeterred by data
Global Temperature Trend Update: September 2015 Hottest Temperature In Tropics In Satellite Record
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.11 C per decade
Cheap Fast Powerful Gene-Editing Will Soon Change the World
Bioethicists are again trying to stand athwart progress, yelling stop
Milk: Government Nutrition Nannies Wrong Again?
Add milk to your diet of salt, red meat, and eggs.
Hurricane Joaquin: The Great East Coast Hurricane Drought Likely Continues
No sign yet that global warming is making hurricane damage worse
The Martian author Andy Weir on Mars Colonization, Commercial Space Travel, and Going From Programmer to Best-Selling Author
Q&A with the man who wrote the book behind the upcoming Hollywood film starring Matt Damon.
Jurassic Pigeon
Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.
Greater Sage Grouse Not Listed As Endangered by U.S. Department of the Interior
Some environmental activists are outraged that the feds have declined "take" private property
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Climate Science?
"You have signed the death warrant of science."
Trump Anti-Vax Idiotarian
Really smart people don't blame vaccinations for causing autism.
Are Violent Video Games Digital Poison?
The American Psychological Association thinks so.
Americans Got Only 8 Out of 12 Answers Right on This Very Basic Science Quiz
I am sure that Reason readers will do much better
Victimhood Culture in America: Beyond Honor and Dignity
Americans increasingly want and expect adult supervision
Democrats in Congress Want to Keep Some Science Secret
Brilliant op-ed on the dangers of secret science
Global Deforestation Rate Has Fallen by Half Says New Report
And there are far more trees than researchers previously thought - more than 3 trillion
Global Temperature Trend Update: August 2015 Hottest Ever in the Tropics
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.11 C per decade
The Alternative Medicine Racket: How the Feds Fund Quacks
The NIH has spent $5.5 billion on bringing quackery-from faith healing to homeopathy-right into the heart of the American medical establishment.
Chipotle Sued Over Misleading Claims About Selling GMO-Free Foods
Enjoy the delicious schadenfreude
Obama Off to Alaska to Confront Man-Made Climate Change
Alaska is a bit warmer and Arctic sea ice a bit less
John Holland, 'Father of Complexity,' Dies at 86
Pioneer in complex adaptive systems passed away earlier this month
Study Finds: Studies Are Wrong
A major project to reproduce study results from psychology journals found that more than half could not be replicated.
Smart Drug Modafinil 'Safe for Widespread Use,' Scientists Say
Modafinil is "one of the most promising neuroenhancers to date"-and still a controlled substance in the U.S.
British Public Health Officials, Unlike Ours, Tell the Truth About E-Cigarettes
A new government report endorses vaping as a harm-reducing alternative to smoking.
"Ignore Dire Warnings," the New York Post reviews The End of Doom
Remember the great penis scare of the 1990s?
Malthusians v. Cornucopians, a more critical review of The End of Doom
Bailey responds to the criticism below
Global Temperature Trend Update: July 2015
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.11 C per decade
Science Works: And The Deaf Hear Video
Art was the first neurotechnology: A feel-good video to start your weekend
'People who are opposing GMOs…are leading to preventable deaths'
John Stossel asks: Is the left's scientific ignorance more damaging than the right's?
Easy New Gene Editing Technique CRISPR Conjures Fears of a Brave New World
Is it immoral to slow progress toward curing diseases and creating more environmentally benign products?
'Sexist' Scientist Tim Hunt: The Real Story
The "Tim Hunt, misogynist scientist" narrative has been falling apart piece by piece over the past month.
"The End of Doom": Ron Bailey on Why The Future Looks Pretty Damn Great
Advances in technology will address climate change before calamity strikes.
"World's Most Famous Climate Scientist" Predicts 10 Feet of Sea Level Rise in Just 50 Years
James Hansen and his colleagues promote, uh, publish an alarming new study
Ronald Bailey Lunch Book Event at Cato Institute on July 23: Register Now!
Ronald Bailey Talks The End of Doom at Cato July 23, 2015
Anti-GMO Activist Campaign is "Full of Errors, Fallacies, Misconceptions, Misrepresentations, and Lies."
Terrific Slate article agrees with what Reason has been reporting for years now.
