Science & Technology
Krist Novoselic's Alternative Politics
The Nirvana bassist on voting, farming, anarchism, heroin, and Kurt Cobain.
USPS Wants to Attach Electronic Sensors to Your Mail, Not Sure Why Yet
Step 1) Attach sensors Step 2) ????? Step 3) Profit
Assange's Anniversary: Two Years Cornered, but Still World-Changing
From Iraq to SecureDrop, WikiLeaks remains an important tool for free speech, information, and action.
Robots Will Make Our Future Better. If They Don't Kill Us.
Machines can free us up to focus on activities that we enjoy more.
Amazon Is NOT the 'Putin' of Books!
The online powerhouse is being compared to thugs because it wants you to pay less for ebooks.
Can Ignorance Protect Your Privacy?
A ruling against warrantless tracking assumes that people don't know how cellphones work.
WTF FBI? Agency Has Huge List of Twitter Slang (and Some of It's Fake)
Here's nine of the weirdest. ALOTBSOL, AMIRITE?
Will Anybody Really Miss Eric Cantor?
His stunning loss was built on a terrible record of big-government conservatism at its worst.
Supreme Court Rules on Political Speech, Straw Gun Purchases, and Prepares for New Cases
Close decision approves of regulations over third-party gun buys
Congress Threatens To Anchor Private Spaceflight With Extra Costs
A rent-seeking senator doesn't want competition to shake up NASA jobs.
Are Conservatives Dumber Than Liberals?
It depends on how you define "conservative." The research shows classical liberals/libertarians are smartest of all.