Science & Technology
VID: Silk Road, Online Freedom, and Why the Prosecution (and Conviction) of Ross Ulbricht Should Worry Us All
The mother of the alleged "Dread Pirate Roberts" spoke out prior to her son's recent conviction.
Federal Judge Denies Death Row Inmates Access to Information on the Drugs That Will Kill Them
The inmates argued they had a First Amendment right to information that would ensure their Eighth Amendment rights were protected.
FDA Regulators Ease Just a Tiny Bit Their Stranglehold on Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
Testing company 23andMe expresses its gratitude
Hooray for FrankenMosquitoes in the Florida Keys!
Genetically modified mosquitoes combat disease
U.S., British Spy Agencies Hacked Their Way Into Accessing Smartphone Encryption Keys
The latest Snowden bombshell is about your SIM card.
America's Least Sprawling City Is…Los Angeles?
Forget the clichés. L.A. isn't the capital of sprawl.
Does Circumcision Cause Autism?
Danish study reports circumcised boys at 50 percent greater risk of autism.
Are We Becoming Morally Smarter?
The connection between increasing IQs, decreasing violence, and economic liberalism
Congress Trudges Ahead on Perhaps Honoring the Fourth Amendment
The continuing fight for e-mail privacy and against terrible aspects of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
The Measles Outbreak and the Precautionary Principle
How U.S. public health authorities helped fuel the anti-vaccine movement
Britain Launches Multiple Driverless Car Tests, Plans Regulatory Overhaul
The UK wants driverless cars on the road without onerous rules.
Republicans Rail Against Utility Regulations for the Internet
There's not much the GOP can do to prevent the FCC's proposed Title II reclassification of the Net.
U.S. Makes Another Awful Decision to Harm Somalis
Continuing crackdown on U.S. remittances to the Somalia endangers innocent lives.
I Don't Care Whether the President Believes in Evolution and Neither Should You
How is this question related to actual federal policy?
Both Liberals and Conservatives Can Have Science Bias, Says New Study
Another shocking result from social science!
Temperature Record Chicanery: An Overhyped Scandal
The real scandal is climate model failure
Begging to Die
The curiously circumscribed nature of the suicide right recognized by Canada's Supreme Court
Homeschooling: The New Techie Fad?
Wired notes a growing conflation between cutting-edge tech thinking and escaping the education monopoly.
Social Media Censorship Gaining New Ground in U.K., France
British lawmakers call for banning offensive speakers from social media entirely while France continues hate speech prosecutions
Professors Resist Higher Education Innovation
Some vendors of higher education may have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to make improvements
Anonymous Posts Update on #OpISIS, Claims to Have Taken Down Hundreds of ISIS Twitter Accounts
A video claiming to speak for the hacker collective Anonymous says it's taken down hundreds of ISIS-affiliated Twitter and other online accounts.
Lunar Licensing: Promoting and Protecting Private Business on the Moon
Why not instead an interplanetary Homestead Act and Mining Law?
Kid Rock: "Fiscally, I'm Republican. But the social issues kill me — gay marriage and abortion. It's like, Come on, man, get off it."
When you've lost Kid Rock, GOP, you might as well go home already.
Robot Vacuum Attacks Owner: The Revolution Has Begun!
Who will be the first up against the carpet when the Roomba revolution comes?
Schools Banning Phone App Yik Yak for Promoting Hate Speech
That this is largely a symbolic gesture hasn't stopped students from advocating for the bans.
New York City Makes Ineffective Flu Vaccine Mandatory; Your State Is Next
Should your child be kept out of preschool for not getting a shot that's only 23% effective?
