The Crypto Wars Are Not About Terrorism, They're About Power
Make no mistake: the War on Crypto is not primarily about "terrorism" or "fighting crime" or "public safety" at all.
Science & Technology
Will Giant Sticky Space Roombas Solve Our Space Junk Problems?
Company gets $35 million in venture funding to tidy up the sky.
Got an Awesome Liberty-Themed Tattoo?
Time to show it off in Reason's first (and probably last) ink contest.
Zika Coming to America: Use GMO Mosquitoes to Fight It!
Blame any zika-caused microencephaly on Friends of the Earth, the Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, and GMO Free USA
March 2016 the Third Warmest Ever Month in Satellite Record: Global Temperature Trend Update
Will fading El Nino cool the globe down later this year?
Free Speech Attack by Attorneys General in ExxonMobil Climate Change Probe of Skeptical Non-Profit
Down the perilous path toward Lysenkoism in which only officially approved science is allowed
3 Reasons to Doubt the DEA Will Agree to Reclassify Marijuana This Year
The agency always drags its feet before saying no, saying yes would require an embarrassing reversal, and the president has passed the buck to Congress.
Lying About Snus and E-Cigarettes Is Like Blocking Access to Clean Heroin Needles
Two public health researchers condemn the "information quarantine" surrounding safer nicotine products.
Ronald Bailey Speaking at Florida Gulf Coast University on Saturday
Students for Liberty Conference on Free Market Environmentalism
Virtual Reality Will Upend the Way We Think About Borders and Immigration Policy
What happens when virtual reality erases national boundaries?
Saving Earth's Biodiversity Through Markets and Technological Progress
A review of Half Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilson
Ronald Bailey Reviews Half Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life, by Edward O. Wilson: New at Reason
Saving biodiversity through markets and technology
Washington DC Washed Away by 2100 by Melting Antarctic Ice Cap?
Actually, no. The Capitol is in no danger.
Donald Trump, Mystified by Pen, Responds to Reporter Michelle Fields
After his campaign manager was charged for grabbing Fields, Trump taunted the reporter on Twitter, asking "Can I press charges?" against her.
Use Property Rights to Save Fisheries Around the Globe, Says New Study
Anything you think of as an environmental problem is occurring in an open-access commons.
Climate Campaigner Bill McKibben's Misleading Anti-Fracking Crusade
"We closed coal plants and opened methane leaks, and the result is that things have gotten worse."
Equating Vaping With Smoking Is Medical Malpractice
Celebrity doctor Margaret Cuomo falsely claims e-cigarettes are "at least as harmful" as the real thing.
Science Is a Good Substitute for God
Believers in sci-tech progress tend to be happier than the religiously faithful, says new study
Celebrity Doctor Insists on Misleading Smokers About Vaping Hazards
Margaret Cuomo claims e-cigarettes are "at least as harmful" as the real thing.
The Internet Turns a Chatbot Into a Nazi
Microsoft released a simulacrum of a teenager into the digital wild. Guess what happened next!
Meters of Sea Level Rise and MegaBoulder-Heaving Superstorms Thanks to Global Warming
Also carbon emissions rate highest in 66 million years
The Real but Exaggerated Danger of Stoned Driving
A new study indicates that marijuana's impact on crash risk is much smaller than prohibitionists claim.
The BitLicense Regulation Is Eight Months Old. One Has Been Granted to Date.
How red tape is hurting the cryptocurrency industry.
Here's a Federal Program That Actually Does Prevent Foodborne Illnesses
It's based on research and sharing information, not on more regulations.
Why Don't Tech Innovators Solve America's Gun Problems?
Maybe because what tech could do for gun violence would affect only a tiny portion of an overall falling public health problem.
Cheerios Maker General Mills Knuckles Under to Vermont's Mandatory GMO Labeling
Just another stupid regulatory cost with no discernible benefits to people
6 Cool Innovations That Are Making the World a Better Place
Reason's choice of SXSW's innovator awards
FBI Warns About Car Hacking. Encryption Security Helps Prevent That.
Beware of hatchback doors in your cybersecurity.
A U.S. Department of the Future Is a Really Bad Idea
Unfortunately, there is no shortage of would-be Secretaries of the Future.
Can Ethereum Restore Online Freedom and Transform the Internet?
"It will impact every aspect of our existence."
New Study Suggests Marijuana's Impact on Crash Risk Has Been Exaggerated
Driving after toking is not safe, but it's not as dangerous as prohibitionists claim.
When the Feds Leaned on Secure Email Company Lavabit, It Was Edward Snowden They Were After
Truth revealed in public due to government incompetence in unredacted court documents.
Ross Ulbricht's Sentencing Indecent, Based on Procedural and Substantive Errors, New Amicus Brief Argues
Drug Policy Alliance and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, others, speak out against Silk Road founder's absurd life sentence without parole.
Uber Seems to Be More Efficient Than Taxis in Time Spent Ferrying Passengers
Economists find more social benefits from ridehailing apps.
Can the Blockchain Kill Uber? Free State Project Participant Launches "Arcade City"
Can a truly peer-to-peer Ethereum-powered rideshare app beat the big guys: Uber and government?
How the NSA Is Killing American Small Businesses
Government snooping and the cloud-based software industry
Assume 6 Feet of Sea Level Rise: Predict Catastrophe
Useful science or worst case scaremongering?
Proposed Massachusetts Stoned Driving Rule Is Better Than Washington's but Worse Than Current Law
With a "permissible inference" based on THC levels, innocent people can still be convicted.
Atlas Plugged
The Pentagon produces an impressive, humanlike robot. Where all this headed?
President Obama Wants a Back Door on Your Phone. But Not on His.
Secure communications for me, but not for thee.
CRISPR Critters: Regulators and the New Gene Revolution in Agriculture
More, better, and safer food - but only if regulators will stay out of the way.
CRISPR Critters and the New Gene Revolution in Agriculture: New at Reason
"We are now at the dawn of the gene-editing age."
If You Think You're Rich Today, Just Wait Until Tomorrow: Instapundit on Progress
Forget Pope Francis and other naysayers. The world is getting richer, safer, and freer.
Confirmation Bias and the Science of Psychology
Psychology and the rest of science would benefit from some focused research on the problem of confirmation bias
Department of Pre-Crime Is Becoming a Reality
Civil liberties and the pitfalls of predictive policing
