Alaskan Oil Abundance Versus Washington's Wasted Billions
The case for new oil drilling in Alaska and off America's coasts
Science
Ted Kennedy, Victorian Hero?
Darwinian literary critics on how to tell the "bad guys" from the "good guys"
The President's Council on Bioethics, Take Two
Can Obama do better than Bush when it comes to biotech freedom?
Cross-Examining Forensics
The Supreme Court says that forensics analysts can be cross-examined...for now.
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
