Science
China Launches Lunar Rover Mission
Three month mission, will collect soil samples
Warsaw Climate Change Conference Inconclusively Concludes
Reason's science correspondent sends a final dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference
Worried About the Climate? End Subsidies
Reason's science correspondent sends a fourth dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference
Who's Responsible for Damaging the Climate? And Who Should Pay for It?
Reason's science correspondent sends a third dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference
Oldest Big Cat Fossils Ever Found Unearthed in Tibet
Panthera blytheae, "similar to a snow leopard"
Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Renewable Energy Technology
Model T energy tech is no way to address climate change.
New Alzheimer's Risk Genes Discovered
Research conducted by international group of scientists
Astronomers Using Hubble Telescope Discover "Most Distant" Galaxy
About 30 billion light-years away
Researchers Suggest Early Hominid Migration Started Earlier Than Previously Thought
Homo habilis to homo erectus could've been a progression, not species that lived at the same time
Some Antarctic Research Cancelled During Government Shutdown Will Remain So
Narrow windows for travel
Tea Party Members Score Well on Scientific Literacy
Scored slightly higher than non-tea partiers
WHO Agency: Air Pollution Can Cause Cancer
"We consider this to be the most important environmental carcinogen, more so than passive smoking"
US Antarctic Research Program Canceled Due to Government Shutdown
For remainder of the year
Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Reported at US Lab
One step closer to unlimited cheap energy
Nobel Prize For Physics Awarded To Higgs and Englert
For their work on the Higgs boson
Can We Trust the U.N.'s IPCC Climate Models?
Many simulations produce four times more warming than actually occurred over the past 15 years.
