British House of Lords member Matt Ridley went after Malthusians in the WSJ. His brief for optimism in the face of natural limits is one of the best summaries of the anti-Malthusian case yet.

Starting Thursday, Beijing’s popular kebab street vendors won’t be allowed to grill their meats outside. This ban reflects growing desperation amongst the Party leadership to address the country’s increasingly serious air pollution problem.

Amazon is launching a new service that will deliver perishable goods right to customers’ doors. Greens should be hailing this as a huge leap forward.

Even doctors agree that over-treatment is a pervasive problem in our health care system. It’s time to chance the incentives.

Japan is keen to exploit large reserves of natural gas trapped in “ice cages” along the ocean floor. Its desperation for a new source of energy could drive the next global energy revolution.

More and more political scientists are abandoning Washington’s democracy promotion efforts. Experts increasingly think that such efforts are too complicated, too messy, and way too expensive—and often don’t work, anyway.

Nigeria’s crisis deepens: The government can’t seem to find hundreds of kidnapped girls, and Boko Haram is extending its reach outside the country’s northeast.

Coursera is setting up “hubs” on college campuses, where MOOC students can interact and talk to tutors. Is this a preview of MOOCs’ future role in higher education?

Texas’s population and economy are both booming, but its roads and water infrastructure are overburdened by the influx of new residents. For a state with firm small-government convictions, solving this infrastructure problem will be tricky.

The EU’s energy commissioner voiced support for a bloc-wide energy union to negotiate better prices for Russian gas. Such a move would bolster the bloc’s economy, but it would also galvanize the member countries at a time when the EU desperately needs to present a unified front in opposition to Russian aggression.