Science

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

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

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

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

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

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

Global Temperature Trend Update: August 2014

Ronald Bailey | 9.9.2014 11:01 AM

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

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

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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

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

Reason Staff | 8.29.2014 1:30 PM

Salt

FDA Restrictions on Salt Could Kill You

Ronald Bailey | 8.25.2014 2:41 PM

Environmentalism and the Fear of Disorder

Greens engage in rituals to allay their anxieties.

Ronald Bailey | 8.22.2014 1:30 PM

Environmentalism

Ronald Bailey on How Fear of Disorder Motivates Environmentalists

Reason Staff | 8.22.2014 1:30 PM

Vaccines

How to Prevent Your Kids from Getting Cancer

Ronald Bailey | 8.22.2014 12:33 PM

No Global Warming For Maybe Another Decade

Ronald Bailey | 8.21.2014 5:03 PM

GMO Food

Terrific New Yorker Article on Evil Anti-Biotech Charlatan Vandana Shiva

Ronald Bailey | 8.20.2014 1:33 PM

Ebola: 'Dress Rehearsal' or Show Closer?

Rapid biomedical progress will soon make epidemics ancient history

Ronald Bailey | 8.8.2014 1:30 PM

Ebola

Ronald Bailey Argues That the Ebola Outbreak Is Not a 'Dress Rehearsal' for the Next Big One

Reason Staff | 8.8.2014 1:30 PM

Global Temperature Trend Update: Fifth Warmest July in Satellite Record

Ronald Bailey | 8.6.2014 9:41 AM

Science & Technology

Predictions of a Man-Made Sixth Mass Extinction May Be Exaggerated

Urbanization, forest, and agricultural trends point in a more hopeful direction

Ronald Bailey | 8.1.2014 1:30 PM

Extinction

Ronald Bailey Argues that Predictions of a Sixth Mass Extinction Will Likely Prove Wrong

Reason Staff | 8.1.2014 1:30 PM

Fertility

Smart Women Don't Have Babies

Ronald Bailey | 7.31.2014 12:07 PM

Proctologists Despair: Researchers Devise a Potential Universal Cancer Test

Ronald Bailey | 7.30.2014 1:22 PM

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'Corporate Money' Leads to Life-Saving Medical Discoveries

Activists obsessed with "conflict of interest" in science make life more difficult for doctors, and for patients who want cures.

John Stossel | 7.30.2014 12:00 PM

White House Warns that Climate Change Could Reduce U.S. GDP in 2100 from $140.3 Trillion to Just $139 Trillion

Ronald Bailey | 7.30.2014 10:43 AM

Tonight on The Independents: New Wikileaks Bombshell, EU vs. Russia, Palestinians vs. Hamas, NoKo vs. the World, D.C.'s 'Hottest,' Weak-ass Dinosaurs, Sultry After-Show, and More!

Matt Welch | 7.29.2014 8:18 PM