Science
Would You Wear a Serial Killer's Sweater?
On jellyfish genes, autism, politics, and how our intuitions lead us into strange territory.
The Joys of Brain Scrubbing
The advantages of memory deletion in a collectively omniscient world
A Forensics Charlatan Gets Caught in the Act
Video from a defense attorney's sting exposes Mississippi bite-mark "expert" Michael West.
In Criminal Cases, Should Science Only Serve the State?
Forensic scientists who testify for criminal defendants are under fire. They ought to be praised.
Stem Cells Are Not Just About Science
Obama's policy ignores ethics and morality
Clouding Up Man-Made Global Warming
Final dispatch from the International Conference on Climate Change in New York
What Planetary Emergency?
Dispatch from day two of the International Conference on Climate Change in New York
How to Bring Real Science Into the Courtroom
A disturbing new report says our criminal courts have been relying on bad evidence.
Neanderthal Rights
The morality of resurrecting our closest evolutionary cousins
Who's Your Daddy?
Children of sperm donors are seeking more information about their once-anonymous fathers, sometimes at the risk of the fertility industry itself.
'Chiefs, Thieves, and Priests'
Science writer Matt Ridley on the causes of poverty and prosperity
Would You Have Been A Nazi?
A new test of Milgram's obedience experiment asks if it can still happen here.
Inventing Air—and the American Temperament
How Joseph Priestley inspired early America. And why he's needed now more than ever
Bring On the Organ Market
Why Obama should support the repeal of the National Organ Transplant Act
Spare the Rod, Spoil Society
Does punishing free riders increase long-run cooperation?
Global Climate Change Logjam
Three reasons why global climate change negotiations will go nowhere
