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U.N. Plastics Treaty Talks Collapse

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Nuclear Energy Prevents Air Pollution and Saves Lives

Nuclear Power Ronald Bailey | From the January 2025 issue The panic following the catastrophic meltdown of the...

29.11.2024 20

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Poor Nations Fail to Extract $1.3 Trillion Annually from Rich Countries at U.N. Climate Change Conference

Climate Change Ronald Bailey | 11.25.2024 3:25 PM The annual United Nations (U.N.) Climate Change Conference (COP29)...

26.11.2024 20

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Can RFK Jr. Fix Our Dysfunctional Public Health Agencies?

Robert Kennedy Jr. Ronald Bailey | 11.15.2024 5:25 PM President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Robert F. Kennedy...

16.11.2024 20

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Abolish the NSA and CIA

Domestic spying Ronald Bailey | From the December 2024 issue Citizens surely expect the government to be on watch...

14.11.2024 5

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Trump and Climate Change Policy

Climate Change Ronald Bailey | 11.11.2024 5:05 PM The election of Donald Trump as president has already...

12.11.2024 7

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Ranked Choice Voting Initiatives Massively Fail

Ballot Initiatives Ronald Bailey | 11.6.2024 11:20 AM Initiatives related to ranked choice voting in political...

06.11.2024 5

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One More Damned Time: Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism

Vaccines Ronald Bailey | 11.1.2024 5:00 PM Yesterday, Howard Lutnick, co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition team,...

02.11.2024 10

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Geothermal Power Could Produce Abundant Clean Energy, If We Let It

22.10.2024 10

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No Prosperity Without Economic and Political Liberty

Economic Growth Ronald Bailey | 10.17.2024 1:15 PM The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges...

17.10.2024 4

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K-12 Genome Editing at Only $2 a Pop

Biotechnology Ronald Bailey | 9.27.2024 10:40 AM CRISPRkit aims to make "gene editing accessible for everyone,...

27.09.2024 3

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How Reliable Is America's Electrical Grid?

Energy & Environment Ronald Bailey | From the October 2024 issue "We face unprecedented challenges to the reliability...

16.09.2024 10

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Plastics Are Better for the Climate Than Aluminum and Glass, Actually

Technology Ronald Bailey | From the August/September 2024 issue "Plastics are the new coal," declares Beyond...

27.08.2024 10

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Should You Be Able To Take an Alzheimer's Test at Home?

Science Ronald Bailey | From the June 2024 issue In the June 2024 issue, we explore the ways that artificial...

23.05.2024 30

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Senate's AI Roadmap Released

Artificial Intelligence Ronald Bailey | 5.15.2024 4:30 PM The new U.S. Senate AI roadmap is full of aspirations and empty of much actual content....

16.05.2024 50

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Marine Cloud Brightening Geoengineering Experiment Halted

15.05.2024 20

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The Case of the AI-Generated Giant Rat Penis

Science Ronald Bailey | From the June 2024 issue An illustration featuring a rat with a cross section of a giant...

04.05.2024 20

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AI Regulators Are More Likely To Run Amok Than Is AI

Artificial Intelligence Ronald Bailey | 5.3.2024 4:45 PM Deploying the precautionary principle is a laser-focused...

04.05.2024 20

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FDA Once Again Stands Athwart Biomedical Innovation, Yelling 'Stop!'

29.04.2024 30

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Review: Here There Are Blueberries Investigates a Nazi Photo Album

Theater Ronald Bailey | From the May 2024 issue A mysterious album filled with photos of smiling happy Nazis...

26.04.2024 8

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NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Are Not Evidence of Climate Change

Climate Change Ronald Bailey | 4.25.2024 2:10 PM "Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters broke U.S. record in...

25.04.2024 30

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Greenpeace Crusade Will Blind and Kill Children

Greenpeace Ronald Bailey | 4.25.2024 12:30 PM Greenpeace and other anti-biotech activist groups have logged a win in...

25.04.2024 9

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Progress, Rediscovered

Innovation Ronald Bailey | From the May 2024 issue "The tragedy of today is that we are the heirs and the...

06.04.2024 10

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First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Goes Home

Organ transplants Ronald Bailey | 4.4.2024 2:19 PM Two weeks ago, surgeons from Massachusetts General Hospital for...

04.04.2024 3

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Harvard Global Cooling Geoengineering Experiment Halted

Geoengineering Ronald Bailey | 4.1.2024 1:05 PM Last year was the hottest year in the global instrumental...

01.04.2024 7

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FDA Aims To Stifle Medical Innovation Again

FDA Ronald Bailey | From the April 2024 issue The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that massively screwed up...

28.03.2024 40

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Enhanced Games Head Rebuts Biden: Performance Enhancements in Sports Are 'Inevitable'

Human Enhancement Ronald Bailey | 3.22.2024 4:40 PM Earlier this month, the Biden White House issued a statement...

23.03.2024 10

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Abortion Pill Studies Retracted: Politics or Science?

Abortion Ronald Bailey | 3.13.2024 4:10 PM Our secular society has replaced the old arbiters of truth, priests and...

14.03.2024 10

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CDC Vastly Overestimated U.S. Maternal Death Rates, Says New Study

CDC Ronald Bailey | 3.13.2024 4:51 PM "U.S. maternal deaths keep rising," reported NPR last year. PBS similarly...

14.03.2024 10

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Parents, Not the Government, Should Make IVF Decisions

Reproductive Freedom Ronald Bailey | 2.28.2024 4:10 PM The sorry history of anti-miscegenation and forced...

29.02.2024 4

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No Progress on Global Emissions 8 Years After Paris Climate Agreement

Environmentalism Ronald Bailey | From the March 2024 issue Eight years after the Paris climate agreement, where do...

05.02.2024 10

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What if Men Could Produce Their Own Eggs?

Science Ronald Bailey | From the February 2024 issue Japanese researchers announced last year that healthy fertile...

27.01.2024 40

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Is Facial Recognition a Useful Public Safety Tool or Something Sinister?

Surveillance Ronald Bailey | From the February 2024 issue Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest To...

23.01.2024 30

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DeSantis Repeats Lie That Booster Shots Make You More Likely To Get COVID

Vaccines Ronald Bailey | 1.18.2024 3:45 PM Flailing GOP presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis will apparently...

19.01.2024 10

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It's Official: 2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record

Climate Change Ronald Bailey | 1.9.2024 3:35 PM The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reports...

10.01.2024 20

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Guns, Germs, and Drugs Are Largely Responsible for the Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy

Public Health Ronald Bailey | 1.8.2024 5:30 PM "America has a life expectancy crisis," asserted a recent headline in...

09.01.2024 8

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The Best of Reason: Meet Florida's Python Bounty Hunters

19.12.2023 10

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No Fossil Fuel Phase-Out in COP28 Climate Deal

Climate Change Ronald Bailey | 12.13.2023 9:45 AM Dubai, United Arab Emirates — "We have language on fossil fuel...

13.12.2023 10

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There Is No 1.5°C Climate Cliff

Climate Change Ronald Bailey | 12.12.2023 12:50 PM Dubai, United Arab Emirates—"The North Star of the COP28...

12.12.2023 3

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Promoting Free Market Solutions to Climate Change at COP28

11.12.2023 2

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COP28: No 'Phase Out' of Fossil Fuels After All

Climate Change Ronald Bailey | 12.11.2023 12:03 PM Dubai, United Arab Emirates—Earlier today at COP28, the United...

11.12.2023 3

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Is COP28 the 'Nuclear COP'?

Climate Change Ronald Bailey | 12.11.2023 10:05 AM Dubai, United Arab Emirates—"It's been a very good COP for...

11.12.2023 5

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Meet Florida's Python Bounty Hunters

Animals Ronald Bailey | From the January 2024 issue Python Cowboy Mike Kimmel and Python Huntress Amy Siewe are...

09.12.2023 20

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Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Frenzy at COP28

Climate Change Ronald Bailey | 12.8.2023 3:05 PM Dubai, United Arab Emirates—"A fast, fair, fully funded, and...

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