Artifact

Electronic implants

Chip Implants Make It Impossible to Forget Your Keys

Christian Britschgi | 11.25.2016 12:00 PM

France

Banned in Cannes

Alex Thomas | 11.1.2016 12:00 PM

New York City

Shut Up, Stonewall

Scott Shackford | 9.11.2016 6:00 AM

Politics

America: The Beer

The King of Beers is taking patriotic marketing efforts to new heights.

Stephanie Slade | 7.9.2016 6:00 AM

High Fashion in the Uncanny Valley

Robby Soave | 6.19.2016 6:00 AM

Cannabis for Canines

Medicinal marijuana isn't just for human beings anymore. Meet the California company that sells therapeutic pet treats.

Anne Butcher | 5.20.2016 6:00 AM

Epic Prank Forces Film Censors to Watch Paint Dry for 10 Hours

British filmmaker Charlie Lyne found a way to express his displeasure with the U.K.'s film censorship bureaucracy.

Anne Butcher | 4.16.2016 6:00 AM

Politics

Victory for Vegan Mayo

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 4.1.2016 12:00 PM

Marijuana

Meet Your Mate in This Stoner Party Bus

Stephanie Slade | 3.1.2016 12:00 PM

Culture

How Do You Like Them Frankenapples?

Ronald Bailey | 1.23.2016 6:00 AM

Politics

Darth Lenin Comes to Odessa

Transformative art in a former Soviet state

Jesse Walker | 12.11.2015 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Protected Profanity

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2015 8:00 AM

Culture

Superman vs. the Cops

Superman has a cop problem.

Peter Suderman | 11.1.2015 12:00 PM

Science & Technology

Robot Trucks Hit the Road

C.R. Denning | 10.1.2015 12:00 PM

Illegal Underwater Wine

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.1.2015 12:00 PM

Politics

Hillvetica

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.1.2015 12:00 PM

Bahrain

Teddy Bears vs. the State

Jesse Walker | 5.1.2015 12:01 AM

Policy

Free the Seeds!

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.30.2015 10:00 AM

RoboCop 1.0

Nick Gillespie | 3.4.2015 10:00 AM

World

Texas Truck of Terror

How an American plumber's truck wound up in the hands of Syrian rebels.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.24.2015 8:30 AM

Politics

Ted Cruz, Superhero

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.1.2015 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Meet the 'Reason'

"Who can argue with reason?"

Brian Doherty | 12.6.2014 12:00 PM

Culture

Stillborn Utopia

Masdar City is an $18 billion attempt to build a zero-carbon community on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. It's empty.

Jesse Walker | 11.16.2014 10:00 AM

Ferguson

Who Armed Ferguson's Warrior Cops?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.1.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Fooling the Cameras

Leo Selvaggio plans to confound the world's surveillance systems by distributing lifelike masks of his own face.

Jesse Walker | 8.9.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Marijuana in Vending Machines Is the American Way

Matthew Feeney | 6.4.2014 1:00 PM

Culture

In War, Not Everyone Is a Soldier

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.7.2014 10:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Beyond Male and Female

Zenon Evans | 4.30.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Thank You, Edward Snowden!

Ronald Bailey | 3.15.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

The Orphaned Rug

Matt Welch | 2.28.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

When Postage Stamps Are Bad Role Models

Scott Shackford | 2.2.2014 8:00 AM

Economics

Swiss Sex Boxes

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.29.2013 12:00 PM

Science & Technology

The Disgusting, Amazing Printed Ear

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.30.2013 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

A Font to Discourage NSA Snooping

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.14.2013 12:00 PM

Policy

Transparency Fail

"Most transparent administration in history" releases most redacted document in history.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.19.2013 10:30 AM

Economics

The Bitcoin ATM

An anarcho-capitalist entrepreneur announces a new way to make transactions in Cyprus and Los Angeles.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.21.2013 4:30 PM

Distinguished Drone Warfare

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.31.2013 4:30 PM

Policy

Print Your Gun Parts at Home

New technology challenges gun control laws.

J.D. Tuccille | 4.29.2013 1:30 PM

Policy

Cops vs. Burgers

How L.A. regulated a burger stand out of existence.

Zach Weissmueller | 3.30.2013 1:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Handcuffs 2.0

Will the restraints of the future have built-in shocks and sedation?

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.1.2013 10:30 AM

Politics

Secession Fever

If the U.S. were to escape any adjustments to its borders, it would be a rare case.

J.D. Tuccille | 1.25.2013 1:30 PM

Culture

Mayan Apocalypse or Y2K?

Mesoamerican calendar confusion causes 2012 chaos.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.21.2012 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Drones Invade New York City!

Blanketing lower Manhattan with posters designed to look like official NYPD signage

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.30.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Putin vs. Punk

The international politics of Pussy Riot.

Lucy Steigerwald | 10.30.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

Greenwashing the Games?

An oil company emphasizes its environmental credentials at the London Olympics.

Matt Welch | 8.22.2012 1:10 PM

Politics

Bin Laden's Doll House

The Pentagon declassifies a model of the terrorist's Abbottabad compound.

Peter Suderman | 7.20.2012 1:30 PM

Culture

The Transparency Grenade

A beautiful new weapon for leakers.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.3.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

King-Sized No More

Michelle Obama shrinks your snickers

Greg Beato | 5.20.2012 1:00 PM