Science
Video Game Violence: A Scientific 'Consensus' Cracks
Reel violence does not lead to real violence.
Can We Save Nature by Making It Economically Useless?
"Decoupling" human economy from ecology could render large areas of pastures, croplands, and managed forests too remote for exploitation.
Psychedelic Science
Despite steep regulatory barriers, researchers are exploring the therapeutic possibilities of ecstasy, acid, and mushrooms.
Is Capitalism Environmentally Unsustainable?
The goal must be to find ways for liberty and the environment to flourish together, not to sacrifice one in the vain hope of protecting the other.
New Company Practices Virtual Eugenics
GenePeeks aids parents in their quest for healthier babies by reducing the odds of structural or genetic birth defects.
How Cutting-Edge Medicine Might Have Spared Us the Ebola Epidemic
The promise of technical end-runs around government ineptitude
Flood Wall Street Climate Change Protest Is a Washout
Imposing equality is the goal; climate change is the excuse
A Parade of Progressive Causes at the People's Climate March
No Nukes, No Fracking, No GMOs, and Certainly No Capitalism
Is the Shale Revolution a 'Ponzi Scheme' or the End of Peak Oil?
"Ponzi scheme" or the end of Peak Oil?
Will Superintelligent Machines Destroy Humanity?
In a thoughtful new book, a philosopher ponders the potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence.
