Science & Technology
FDA Cigarette Regulations Protect Big Tobacco, Not Public Health
Tobacco Control Act? More like Marlboro Monopoly Act.
'We're Creating Our Own Evolutionary Next Step'
Wired co-founder Louis Rossetto on the digital revolution and the death of the megastate.
Addicted to Brain Scans
The debate about sex addiction reflects a larger cultural confusion.
3 Ways to Get More Americans Into Banking (That Don't Involve the U.S. Postal Service)
Policymakers should get out of the way and let entrepreneurs offer financial services that fit the needs of low-income Americans.
How Disconcerted Should We Feel About an Intel Chief Who Doesn't Grasp Human Behavior?
Does Clapper really not know why Snowden leaked?
US Apparently Eavesdropping on Everybody But Merkel in Germany–News Roundup
Despite president's speech, hundreds still being monitored
Is Bitcoin the Key to Digital Copyright?
The technology behind Bitcoin may allow for controlled sharing and transfer of digital assets.
Online Higher Education Retools
For those who believe that higher education should be personalized, inexpensive, accessible, and geared toward helping students acquire useful skills, utopia is on the horizon.
What We Learned on Reddit: Will New York Squash Bitcoin?
New York State's top financial regulator hosts an "Ask Me Anything" chat.
Let the Elderly Have Their Weed!
How Medical Pot Is Helping Seniors Get Off (Prescription) Drugs
Meth Mouth and Other Meth Myths
A new report shows how the hazards of "the most dangerous drug in America" have been grossly exaggerated.
Are Domestic Violence Statistics Bogus?
A dominant voice in victim-advocacy and research on domestic violence stands accused of flatly fabricating data.
Modernity Means More Stuff
Reviewing the massive material flows that make the modern world possible.
Friday A/V Club: Fascism, Anarchy, and Democracy in After-School Clubs
Kurt Lewin's experiment in leadership styles: the movie
Gov. Brown Plans $687 Million for Calif. Drought
But doesn't address fixes to distribution system
Reason TV: Oliver Stone, Ayn Rand Pop Art, and "Second-Wave Libertarianism"
What We Saw at ISFLC 2014
Energy Department Announces Loan Guarantee Worth Billions For Nuclear Reactors
Two loans worth $8.3 billion and $6.5 billion
