Science

Mars

Scientists Say Atmosphere on Mars Was Changed by 'Catastrophic Event' Billions of Years Ago

Collision or volcanic eruptions

Reason Staff | 7.19.2013 8:52 AM

Autism

Pseudoscience Watch: Anti-Vaccine Propagandist Jenny McCarthy Goes to "The View"

Ronald Bailey | 7.16.2013 9:37 AM

Politics

Neuroscientist Carl Hart: Science Says We Should Decriminalize Drugs

Sharif Matar | 7.15.2013 12:00 PM

Science & Technology

Alaska Volcano's Scream Could Explain Eruption Power

Redoubt volcano screamed in 2009

Reason Staff | 7.15.2013 9:16 AM

Policy

Seven Surprising Truths about the World

A lot of the bad news you think you know is wrong.

Ronald Bailey | 7.15.2013 9:00 AM

Peak oil

Peak Oil Peters Out: Neo-Malthusian Cult Website The Oil Drum Shuts Down

Ronald Bailey | 7.12.2013 4:46 PM

Abortion

Do Fetuses Feel Pain?

And would the answer really change minds in the abortion debate?

Ronald Bailey | 7.12.2013 1:20 PM

Science & Technology

Scientists Determine Color of Planet Orbiting Another Star for First Time

It's blue

Reason Staff | 7.11.2013 1:32 PM

Science & Technology

Global Temperature Trend Update - June 2013

Ronald Bailey | 7.11.2013 10:01 AM

Culture

Twinkies Set To Return With Longer Shelf Life

They'll be back next week

Reason Staff | 7.9.2013 11:40 AM

Politics

Forget Climate Change: The Biggest Problem Facing the World Is…

Nick Gillespie | 7.9.2013 9:32 AM

Bioethics

Would Transplanting a Human Head Be Unethical?

Ronald Bailey | 7.5.2013 3:50 PM

Policy

The Top 5 Lies About Fracking

Explosions, poisons, pollution, cancer, and global warming all considered.

Ronald Bailey | 7.5.2013 1:30 PM

Fracking

Ronald Bailey on the Top 5 Lies About Fracking

Reason Staff | 7.5.2013 1:30 PM

Science & Technology

Is a Temperature Indexed Carbon Tax the Real Solution to Global Warming?

Ronald Bailey | 7.3.2013 10:11 AM

Policy

Russian Rocket Crash Lands in Kazakhstan

$200 million well spent

Reason Staff | 7.2.2013 11:00 AM

Science & Technology

Voyager 1 Close to Interstellar Space

Launched in 1977

Reason Staff | 6.28.2013 10:52 AM

Science & Technology

UK To Become First Country To Allow Three-Person IVF

Creation of babies using DNA from three people

Reason Staff | 6.28.2013 7:00 AM

Science & Technology

Scientists Clone Mouse From Drop of Blood

Cells collected from tail

Reason Staff | 6.27.2013 8:36 AM

Politics

Steven Pinker's Favorite Thing: A Chunk of the Berlin Wall

Nick Gillespie | 6.26.2013 9:11 AM

Precautionary Principle

Precautionary Principle Epic Fail

Ronald Bailey | 6.25.2013 1:02 PM

Science & Technology

Piping Oil Sands Crude No More Dangerous Than Regular Petroleum, Says National Research Council Study

Ronald Bailey | 6.25.2013 12:35 PM

Pesticides

Pesticide Workers Have Less Cancer Says New Study

Ronald Bailey | 6.24.2013 11:35 AM

Science & Technology

Scientists Create High-Resolution 3D Digital Brain

Called "Big Brain"

Reason Staff | 6.21.2013 11:00 AM

Science & Technology

Scientists Create High Definition 3D Model of Human Brain

First of its kind

Reason Staff | 6.20.2013 6:00 PM

Policy

Two Men Charged With Building 'Death Ray' Machine

Matthew Feeney | 6.20.2013 3:00 PM

Science & Technology

Monsanto Crop Biotechnology Reseacher is Among World Food Prize Laureates

Ronald Bailey | 6.19.2013 5:21 PM

Science & Technology

Was the Biotech Wheat Found in Oregon Surreptitiously Sowed by Anti-GMO Activists?

Ronald Bailey | 6.14.2013 5:15 PM

Policy

Should We Patent Human Genes?

The Supreme Court ponders the intersection of biology and intellectual property

Ronald Bailey | 6.12.2013 10:30 AM

Nanny State

Obama Administration Reluctantly Acquiesces to Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraceptive Plan B

Ronald Bailey | 6.11.2013 12:03 PM

Contraception

Emergency Contraception Fight With the Obama Administration Continues

Ronald Bailey | 6.6.2013 4:12 PM

Science & Technology

Obesity Researchers Outraged by Inconvenient Truth About Weight and Mortality

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2013 2:44 PM

Science & Technology

Global Temperature Trend Update - May 2013

Ronald Bailey | 6.5.2013 9:45 AM

Science & Technology

Thought-Powered Helicopter Navigates Obstacle Course

Controlled by a "cap"

Reason Staff | 6.5.2013 9:16 AM

Politics

Peak Farmland?

The landscape of the future has more wilderness.

Ronald Bailey | 5.27.2013 4:30 PM

Politics

Vid: Anti-Monsanto Speaker Rants Against GMOs, Vaccines…and Fast and Furious?

Sharif Matar and Patrick Bowers | 5.27.2013 2:00 PM

Culture

Are Savages Noble?

Two new books ask whether our ancestors were right about food, sex, war, and trade.

Ronald Bailey | 5.22.2013 1:30 PM

Science & Technology

Climate Change Debate Over, Again

Ronald Bailey | 5.16.2013 2:01 PM

Science & Technology

Billion Year Old Water Found in Canada Could Provide Insight on Ancient Life

Or even life on Mars, researchers say

Reason Staff | 5.16.2013 8:44 AM

Science

Bicep Size Predicts Politics

Ronald Bailey | 5.15.2013 11:03 AM

Politics

Shikha Dalmia "Goes After 'Scientific' Liberal Thom Hartmann" on Russia TV

Reason Staff | 5.14.2013 12:23 PM

Politics

The Myth of the Scientific Liberal

Those who tout science should accept its findings.

Shikha Dalmia | 5.14.2013 10:30 AM

Policy

Eat More Insects, Says United Nations

Matthew Feeney | 5.13.2013 12:20 PM

Policy

Economic Freedom Is Good for Women, Children, and Other Living Things

Science proves overwhelmingly that freedom is good for us

Ronald Bailey | 5.10.2013 1:30 PM

Culture

Richard Feynman Video Going Viral

No Gangnam Style

Reason Staff | 5.9.2013 8:44 AM