Science

Civil Liberties

Psychedelic Science

Despite steep regulatory barriers, researchers are exploring the therapeutic possibilities of ecstasy, acid, and mushrooms.

Kevin Franciotti | 11.2.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

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.

Ronald Bailey | 10.31.2014 1:30 PM

Ebola

Why the Cuomo/Christie Ebola Quarantine is Stupid

Ronald Bailey | 10.27.2014 10:02 AM

Policy

Pot Prohibitionists Invent Marijuana Deaths, Scientifically

Jacob Sullum | 10.24.2014 5:54 PM

Policy

New Company Practices Virtual Eugenics

GenePeeks aids parents in their quest for healthier babies by reducing the odds of structural or genetic birth defects.

Ronald Bailey | 10.24.2014 1:30 PM

Biotechnology

Ronald Bailey Argues that Practicing Virtual Eugenics Is Just Great

Reason Staff | 10.24.2014 1:30 PM

Native Americans

Paradox: Christian Creationism Bad - Native American Creationism Good

Ronald Bailey | 10.21.2014 3:31 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: "I'm Skeptical," With Michael Shermer, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Andy Levy, Michael Malice, and More!

Matt Welch | 10.17.2014 6:11 PM

Policy

Nobel Prize Winner Talks About Getting Hassled by TSA

Zenon Evans | 10.14.2014 2:15 PM

Politics

Virginia Postrel: Why Neal Stephenson, Peter Thiel Are Wrong About the Future

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2014 10:28 AM

Policy

How Cutting-Edge Medicine Might Have Spared Us the Ebola Epidemic

The promise of technical end-runs around government ineptitude

Ronald Bailey | 10.10.2014 1:30 PM

Energy efficiency

LED Lights Tempt Us to Use More, Not Less, Energy

Ronald Bailey | 10.10.2014 10:46 AM

Temperature Trends

Global Temperature Trend Update: September 2014

Ronald Bailey | 10.10.2014 9:31 AM

Life expectancy

U.S. Life Expectancy Increases by 6 Weeks - Needs to Go Up by 52 Weeks Per Year At Least

Ronald Bailey | 10.8.2014 2:41 PM

Brain

Proof of Life After Death? Maybe Not.

Ronald Bailey | 10.8.2014 1:32 PM

Temperature Trends

Global Warming Heat Not "Hiding" in the Deep Ocean After All

Ronald Bailey | 10.7.2014 12:03 PM

Science

Physics Nobel Prize to Inventors of Blue Diode Light Source

LED

Reason Staff | 10.7.2014 10:53 AM

Economics

Unlimited Free Solar Power?

The price of solar modules has already fallen by 80 percent.

Ronald Bailey | 10.3.2014 1:30 PM

Solar Power

Ronald Bailey Asks If We Are on the Verge of Unlimited Free Solar Power

Reason Staff | 10.3.2014 1:30 PM

Contraception

Study: Providing Teens With Free Long-Acting Contraception Dramatically Lowers Births and Abortions

Ronald Bailey | 10.3.2014 11:41 AM

Extinction

Populations of Vertebrate Species Down 52 Percent Since 1970, Says Living Planet Index Report

Ronald Bailey | 10.1.2014 3:02 PM

Science & Technology

More Evidence of Widespread Brain Disease Among Former NFL Players

Reason Staff | 10.1.2014 11:35 AM

Ebola

First Ebola Case in U.S. Confirmed. Don't Panic!

Ronald Bailey | 9.30.2014 5:43 PM

Politics

Flood Wall Street Climate Change Protest Is a Washout

Imposing equality is the goal; climate change is the excuse

Ronald Bailey | 9.23.2014 9:30 AM

Politics

A Parade of Progressive Causes at the People's Climate March

No Nukes, No Fracking, No GMOs, and Certainly No Capitalism

Ronald Bailey | 9.22.2014 9:30 AM

Policy

Is the Shale Revolution a 'Ponzi Scheme' or the End of Peak Oil?

"Ponzi scheme" or the end of Peak Oil?

Ronald Bailey | 9.19.2014 1:30 PM

Natural Gas

Ronald Bailey Asks is the Shale Revolution a 'Ponzi Scheme' or the End of Peak Oil?

Reason Staff | 9.19.2014 1:30 PM

Saccharin

Nature Artificial Sweetener Study Bogus, Says American Council on Science and Health

Ronald Bailey | 9.18.2014 5:39 PM

Sugar

Are Artificial Sweeteners Responsible for the Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics?

Ronald Bailey | 9.18.2014 11:31 AM

Vaccines

Vaccination Rates Higher In War-Torn South Sudan Than in Many Affluent Los Angeles Schools

Ronald Bailey | 9.17.2014 1:23 PM

Biotechnology

National Academy of Sciences Invites Creationists to Testify on the Validity of Biological Evolution: Well, Actually a Bunch Anti-Biotech Activists

Ronald Bailey | 9.16.2014 2:41 PM

Biotechnology

One Million Dollar Prize to Build New Livers: The Race Is Officially On

Ronald Bailey | 9.16.2014 1:46 PM

Political Identification

You Smell Like Liberty: Will You Marry Me?

Ronald Bailey | 9.16.2014 12:02 PM

Science Policy

Elizabeth Whelan, Fierce Fighter Against Junk Science, Is Dead.

Ronald Bailey | 9.12.2014 2:47 PM

Policy

Will Superintelligent Machines Destroy Humanity?

In a thoughtful new book, a philosopher ponders the potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence.

Ronald Bailey | 9.12.2014 1:30 PM

Artificial Intelligence

Ronald Bailey Wonders If Artificial Intelligence Will Destroy Humanity

Reason Staff | 9.12.2014 1:30 PM

23andMe

Warning: If You Don't Want to Know the Results of a Genetic Test, Don't Take It

Ronald Bailey | 9.9.2014 5:42 PM

Climate Sensitivity

Do Researchers Really Know Why Global Warming Is On Pause and When It Will End?

Ronald Bailey | 9.9.2014 3:06 PM

Carbon Dioxide

Greenhouse Gases Rose At Record Rate Last Year, Says World Meteorological Organization

Ronald Bailey | 9.9.2014 11:32 AM

Temperature Trends

Global Temperature Trend Update: August 2014

Ronald Bailey | 9.9.2014 11:01 AM

Politics

How to Slake California's Thirst

Following Australia's lead on water rights and water markets would solve the state's water shortage.

Ronald Bailey | 9.5.2014 1:30 PM

California

Ronald Bailey on How to Slake California's Thirst

Reason Staff | 9.5.2014 1:30 PM

E-cigarettes

Study: E-Cigarettes Offer Far More Benefits Than Harms to Smokers and Bystanders

Ronald Bailey | 9.5.2014 12:03 PM

Ebola

Study: Ebola Coming to America?

Ronald Bailey | 9.5.2014 11:15 AM

Biotechnology

The New Yorker Rebuts Bioluddite Disinformationist Vandana Shiva

Ronald Bailey | 9.2.2014 4:06 PM

Science

"Libertarian ideology is the natural enemy of science," says The Guardian: Absolute Codswallop.

Ronald Bailey | 8.29.2014 3:02 PM

Politics

Climate Change Costs By 2100: Doing Nothing Has the Same Price Tag as Doing Something

Adapting to climate change would cost roughly the same as trying to slow it.

Ronald Bailey | 8.29.2014 1:30 PM

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Ronald Bailey Finds that Slowing Climate Change Costs About the Same As Adapting to It

Reason Staff | 8.29.2014 1:30 PM