Browse Bailey, Ronald
1-205 out of 205 article(s)
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Type |
Date |
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| Sun sets on Solar: Europe nixes subsidies. |
Brief article |
Jun 2, 2012 |
245 |
| Are Atheists worse than rapists? Polls find that godless Americans are (still) wildly unpopular. |
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Jun 2, 2012 |
1016 |
| The cure for abject poverty: a new book argues that inclusive institutions offer the best path to prosperity. |
Book review |
Jun 2, 2012 |
2095 |
| Separating church and state money: if religious institutions want to be left alone, they should stop begging for alms from the government. |
Column |
May 30, 2012 |
1024 |
| Vaccine refuseniks: immune to evidence. |
Brief article |
May 22, 2012 |
163 |
| Reproductive cycle, political cycle. |
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May 15, 2012 |
377 |
| The human right to blaspheme. |
Brief article |
May 15, 2012 |
141 |
| Can censorship stop bioterrorism? Open science is the best defense against a deadly avian flu attack. |
Column |
May 1, 2012 |
1162 |
| Whales for sale: sell them to save them. |
Brief article |
Apr 6, 2012 |
161 |
| Hot meals: feeding a warming world. |
Brief article |
Feb 18, 2012 |
217 |
| Kicking the can on climate change surprise! Nations agree to keep talking about emission reductions for another year. |
Column |
Feb 15, 2012 |
1142 |
| Bioconservatives vs. bioprogressives: opposition to the technologies that make life longer, healthier, and happier creates strange bedfellows. |
Book review |
Feb 15, 2012 |
1559 |
| Does Mars have rights? An ethical case for terraforming the Red Planet. |
Column |
Feb 1, 2012 |
1199 |
| Ewww politics: disgust and ideology. |
Brief article |
Jan 25, 2012 |
187 |
| The decline of violence: neuroscientist Steven Pinker on the triumph of peace and prosperity over death and destruction. |
Interview |
Jan 20, 2012 |
4260 |
| Religious test: church, state, and corruption. |
Brief article |
Dec 22, 2011 |
145 |
| Who's More Anti-Science: Republicans or Democrats? Comparing the applied ignorance of our two major political parties. |
Column |
Dec 21, 2011 |
1154 |
| Green textiles. |
Brief article |
Dec 1, 2011 |
132 |
| China derangement syndrome: once again, an economic yellow peril is exaggerated. |
Column |
Nov 29, 2011 |
1049 |
| Partisan economy. |
Brief article |
Nov 18, 2011 |
220 |
| The miracle of oil from sand: a visit to Alberta's energy future. |
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Oct 14, 2011 |
1111 |
| Our wealthier world: World Bank economist Kirk Hamilton explains how China is growing while the U.S. flirts with asset depreciation. |
Interview |
Oct 14, 2011 |
3473 |
| How earth's garden grows. |
Brief article |
Oct 14, 2011 |
159 |
| Green helmets: U.N. enviro-enforcers. |
Brief article |
Oct 5, 2011 |
175 |
| Biologists bite back: EPA biotech overreach. |
Brief article |
Oct 5, 2011 |
243 |
| Surgically enhanced: stem cells and baseball. |
Brief article |
Oct 1, 2011 |
194 |
| Does disease cause autocracy? New studies say reducing infection rates promotes liberalization. |
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Sep 9, 2011 |
1111 |
| Natural gas flip-flop: big environmental groups were for fracking before they were against it. |
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Aug 1, 2011 |
1466 |
| Peace and the press: media bolster social cohesion. |
Brief article |
Jul 2, 2011 |
194 |
| Fear factor: overreacting to risks. |
Brief article |
Jun 4, 2011 |
190 |
| Humanizing trade: ancestral exchange. |
Brief article |
Jun 4, 2011 |
185 |
| Nuclear disaster in Japan: does it show a way forward for nuclear power? |
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Jun 4, 2011 |
1168 |
| It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future: why dart-throwing chimps are better than the experts. |
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Jun 4, 2011 |
967 |
| The political economy of ending tyranny: will the Middle East uprisings succeed? |
Column |
Jun 1, 2011 |
1129 |
| The birth of chaos. |
Brief article |
Jun 1, 2011 |
157 |
| The Book on Mormons: a brilliant new musical from the creators of South Park both mocks and admires religion. |
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Jun 1, 2011 |
794 |
| Globalization liberates: human rights worldwide. |
Brief article |
Apr 9, 2011 |
159 |
| Cyberwar is harder than it looks; the Internet's vulnerability to attacks has been exaggerated. |
Column |
Apr 9, 2011 |
1101 |
| Just your typical would-be assassin: Jared Loughner fits the profile of a killer--but not in the way you might think. |
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Apr 1, 2011 |
846 |
| Resource bet redux. |
Viewpoint essay |
Mar 26, 2011 |
386 |
| Live long and prosper: the benefits of not dying. |
Brief article |
Mar 26, 2011 |
139 |
| Carbon rationing by other means: after Congress fails to regulate greenhouse gases, the president hands the job to the EPA. |
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Mar 26, 2011 |
1147 |
| The breakthrough that wasn't: at a climate change conference in Cancun, negotiators agreed to meet again. That's pretty much all they agreed on. |
Column |
Feb 24, 2011 |
1137 |
| Global warming thaw. |
Brief article |
Feb 24, 2011 |
160 |
| The science of libertarian morality: a social psychology study explores the formation of the libertarian personality. |
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Jan 13, 2011 |
1127 |
| They're grrrreat! Regulating pet tigers. |
Brief article |
Jan 11, 2011 |
206 |
| From yuck to yippee: the public learns to love a once controversial technology--again. |
Column |
Jan 1, 2011 |
1209 |
| Stem cells get big: federal funding fight. |
Brief article |
Dec 10, 2010 |
224 |
| I'll show you my genome. Will you show me yours? Our science correspondent reveals his genetic code. Soon you will too. |
Interview |
Dec 10, 2010 |
5808 |
| Rogue pharmacies: online drug crackdown. |
Brief article |
Dec 9, 2010 |
227 |
| Biotech crops break out. |
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Nov 24, 2010 |
353 |
| Egg recall hatches more regulations: more FDA regulations don't always mean greater food safety. |
Column |
Nov 24, 2010 |
1085 |
| Organ tax credits: markets in guts. |
Brief article |
Oct 15, 2010 |
163 |
| Invasion of the invasive species! Local biodiversity is increasing because of man, not despite him. |
Column |
Oct 15, 2010 |
990 |
| Got an environmental catastrophe? Blame the government. |
Column |
Sep 11, 2010 |
1131 |
| Peak everything: forget peak oil. What about peak lithium, peak neodymium, and peak phosphorus? |
Column |
Jul 22, 2010 |
1133 |
| Tilted windmills. |
Brief article |
Jul 9, 2010 |
155 |
| On being a 21st-century peasant: an environmentalist warns: we're getting a whole new planet. |
Book review |
Jun 18, 2010 |
1231 |
| A plague of lobbyists: you get what you pay for. |
Brief article |
Jun 17, 2010 |
206 |
| Fair market values: how cooperation evolves. |
Brief article |
Jun 15, 2010 |
257 |
| Red ink and green jobs: citizens of the Golden State get nervous about carbon rationing plans made in flusher times. |
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Jun 15, 2010 |
1187 |
| Kidneys for sale: measuring organ incentives. |
Brief article |
Jun 11, 2010 |
176 |
| Medical gag orders: don't rate this M.D. |
Brief article |
May 19, 2010 |
152 |
| Saving the trees: who owns the forests? |
Brief article |
May 15, 2010 |
199 |
| The wrong kind of Toyotathon: the unintended consequences of an unintended acceleration panic. |
Column |
May 13, 2010 |
1161 |
| Arty biohacking. |
Brief article |
Apr 9, 2010 |
146 |
| When amoebas evolve: Myths of creationism. |
Brief article |
Apr 8, 2010 |
265 |
| Overpaying for green power: Americans adopt personal subsidies just as Europeans are abandoning them. |
Column |
Apr 8, 2010 |
1100 |
| Who's your daddy? Or your other daddy? Or your mommy? Why reproductive contracts should trump genetic ties. |
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Mar 9, 2010 |
1060 |
| Marrow markets: buying body parts. |
Brief article |
Mar 6, 2010 |
235 |
| Love Canal, three decades later. |
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Mar 6, 2010 |
380 |
| Who decides if breast tests are best? Patients, not bureaucrats, should make choices about mammograms. |
Column |
Feb 20, 2010 |
610 |
| Climate crackup: a breakdown in Copenhagen saves a divided world from carbon rationing. |
Conference notes |
Feb 18, 2010 |
3983 |
| Enhanced rice: biotech victory in China. |
Brief article |
Feb 17, 2010 |
193 |
| We are taming ourselves. |
Brief article |
Feb 17, 2010 |
145 |
| Biofuel bust: greenhouse gas control. |
Brief article |
Jan 26, 2010 |
177 |
| Conformity kills: success vs. innovation. |
Brief article |
Jan 26, 2010 |
207 |
| Medicare Monster mash. |
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Jan 26, 2010 |
393 |
| Does better health care mean higher costs? Medical innovation boosts life expectancy, not spending. |
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Jan 26, 2010 |
1056 |
| How green are your nukes? Environmentalists spar over nuclear power. |
Book review |
Jan 26, 2010 |
1624 |
| Commandante climate: Castro vs. CO2. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2010 |
204 |
| Oil without Dinos? New energy sources. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2010 |
155 |
| Geoengineering the climate. |
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Jan 1, 2010 |
401 |
| Markets, not mandates: what would real health care reform look like? |
Column |
Jan 1, 2010 |
1152 |
| Discount genomes: personalized medicine. |
Brief article |
Dec 1, 2009 |
247 |
| Is government action worse than global warming? Why policy nihilism may be the only rational response to climate change. |
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Dec 1, 2009 |
1117 |
| Viva Viagra no more: mommy, what's E.D.? |
Brief article |
Nov 1, 2009 |
236 |
| Peak oil, revisited. |
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Oct 1, 2009 |
427 |
| Future biotech farmers of America. |
Book review |
Aug 1, 2009 |
152 |
| Green money: global warming lobbyists. |
Brief article |
Jun 1, 2009 |
252 |
| Reforestation: trees grow on money. |
Brief article |
Jun 1, 2009 |
216 |
| It's alive! Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter. |
Cover story |
Jun 1, 2009 |
3962 |
| Hips abroad: medical outsourcing. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2009 |
250 |
| Power pestering. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2009 |
156 |
| Leave Allah alone! Free speech at the U.N. |
Brief article |
Apr 1, 2009 |
234 |
| I luv u, mom: tech family unity. |
Brief article |
Apr 1, 2009 |
229 |
| Pay up: higher insurance premiums. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2009 |
189 |
| I want a new drug: pharmaceutical spending. |
Brief article |
Feb 1, 2009 |
192 |
| E.R. crowding: are the uninsured to blame? |
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Feb 1, 2009 |
324 |
| 'Chiefs, thieves, and priests': science writer Matt Ridley on the causes of poverty and prosperity. |
Interview |
Feb 1, 2009 |
3627 |
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