Chris Mooney

Chris Mooney

Chris Mooney is a contributing editor to Science Progress, where he writes The Intersection blog, and the host of the Point of Inquiry podcast. He is the author of four books, including The Republican War on Science and the forthcoming The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality. His recent articles include pieces on the science of fracking, why people deny science, and how the reality-based community is moving to the left.

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Diagnosing the Republican Brain

Fact: Conservatives deny science and facts. But there's a reality check that liberals need too.

Fri Mar. 30, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science

How our brains fool us on climate, creationism, and the vaccine-autism link.

May/June 2011 Issue

Geoengineering's Big Break?

If Copenhagen fails, radical climate experiments may not be far away.

Mon Dec. 14, 2009 10:14 AM PST

The Science Project

How to kick-start clean tech.

November/December 2008 Issue

Return of the Geeks

For eight long years, the Bush administration has trashed and politicized the government's science agencies. How to kick out the hacks and flat-Earthers and let the nerds reign.

September/October 2008 Issue

Climate of Meddling

From Exxon-lobbyist memos to White House-deleted notes on the health impact of global warming, seven key dates in the Bush administration's eight-year scuffle with a green planet.

September/October 2008 Issue

Congress' Top 10 Fossil Fools

Who stands between us and a clean-energy future? These guys.

May/June 2008 Issue

Black Gold?
May/June 2005 Issue

How ExxonMobil Funds the Anti Global Warming Forces

Forty public policy groups have this in common: They seek to undermine the scientific consensus that humans are causing the earth to overheat. And they all get money from ExxonMobil.

May/June 2005 Issue

Christian Science?

Siding with an antiabortion doctor, the FDA rejects easy access to a morning-after pill.

September/October 2004 Issue

Bush and Junk Food: Eating Away at Science

The sugar industry is fighting findings that link its product to obesity. And U.S. officials are echoing the companies' line.

May/June 2004 Issue

Double Barreled Double Standards

For years, John Lott has provided a vital scholarly basis to the pro-gun movement. But now his research and his integrity are drawing heavy fire.

Mon Oct. 13, 2003 12:00 AM PDT

Teen Herbicide

Dietary supplements can be deadly. So why are they being marketed to kids?

May/June 2003 Issue

Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twenty-First Century Iran

Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twenty-First Century Iran<br /> By Geneive Abdo and Jonathan Lyons. | Henry Holt. $25.

March/April 2003 Issue