Why We Should Honor Ray Tomlinson, Inventor of Email, But Will Probably Forget Him Anyway
Technological progress and innovation aren't a given and don't happen on their own.
Science & Technology
Nancy Reagan, First Lady from 1981 to 1989, Dies at 94
Mrs. Reagan was staunch advocate of War on Drugs, later bucked Republican party by pushing for stem cell research.
Partisan Divide Over Global Warming Is Just a Big Misunderstanding, Says Study: New at Reason
There are good reasons to doubt that conclusion.
Their Science Is Not Broken, Assert Psychologists
Contradicts claims that only 40 percent of studies could be replicated.
FBI Beat Tor Anonymity Via Academic Research, According to Revelations from "Silk Road 2.0" Prosecution
Tor Project insists those vulnerabilities are not longer exploitable by law enforcement.
U.S. Unintended Pregnancy Rate Falls 18 Percent
But unintended pregnancies remained most common among women who were poor and cohabiting
February Hottest Month Ever in the Satellite Temperature Record: Global Temperature Trend Update
Will February's warmth stand out as a singular spike or be part of an ongoing trend?
Teacher Could Face Charges for 'Contributing to Delinquency of Minor' Who Stole Her Phone and Distributed Nude Photos From It
School administrators say she should have password-protected the phone.
A New Central Plan for the Climate
Representatives of 195 countries hammer out an emissions accord in Paris.
Banning GMOs Would Hurt Nature
Farmers would have to plow down an area roughly equal to Connecticut.
The Real Power of Cash Is Its Anonymity
Getting rid of the $100 bill is one more trim on our freedom to be left alone.
The Martian is Up for Seven Academy Awards Tonight
We spoke with author Andy Weir in September.
Regulatory Science Fiction
The stories of yesterday provide hints for the lawmakers of tomorrow.
Should the Government Stop You from Gene Editing Your Kids?
Ordering people to reproduce in only government approved ways is tyrannical and unethical.
Some Female Genital Alteration Should Be Legal, Say U.S. Bioethicists
Not all "female genital mutilation" is destructive, they say, with some procedures no more problematic than male circumcision.
Edward Snowden: The Individual Is More Powerful Today Than Ever Before.
The national security whistleblower talks to the Free State Project from an undisclosed location in Russia.
Apple's Involuntary Servitude
The DOJ has persuaded a judge to issue a search warrant for a thing that does not exist, by forcing Apple to create a key that the FBI is incapable of creating.
North America Has the Smallest Unpaid-Labor Gap Between Men and Women Worldwide
Melinda Gates calls on teens to close the unpaid-work gap globally via entrepreneurship and technological innovation.
Global Warming Hiatus Is Real
The rate of temperature increase has been dramatically slower than predicted, says Nature Climate Change.
20th Century Sea Level Rise Fastest in 2,800 Years
Coastal flooding made worse by sea level rise linked to rising average temperatures
'Unfortunately we have not been able to trust the federal government when it comes to surveillance'
Kennedy and Matt Welch defend Apple against the FBI
Apple Versus the FBI
It's possible that the FBI is not primarily concerned with the particular evidence stored on the San Bernardino shooter's phone at all.
Watch Kennedy and Matt Welch Defend Apple from the Surveillance State (and its Enablers) Tonight at 8 p.m. ET on FBN!
Would the government really limit itself to just this one terrorist iPhone? Tune into Kennedy on Fox Business Network; replay at midnight
Tesla's Direct Sales Battle Comes to Connecticut
The electric car company might achieve victory in another state but the win should not be limited just to Tesla.
Nassim Taleb Calls Me an 'Idiot' - You Decide Who Wins GMO Debate
Taleb's anti-GMO precautionary nonsense is unethical and harms poor people
Stealing Music Was the Late '90s Version of Drug Experimentation in the '60s
How Music Got Free author Stephen Witt on the creation of the MP3 and the death of the music industry
PBS Paints Rosy—Maybe a Little Too Rosy—Picture of Technology's Future
Documentaries on robots and big data avoid some big issues.
GMO Alarmist Nassim Taleb Backs Out of Debate. I Refute Him Anyway.
Fallacious arguments against developing and growing modern biotech crops is cause for great moral concern.
Nassim Taleb Refuted on the Dangers of GMOs: New at Reason
Planting biotech crops will not lead to human extinction or global ecocide.
The Rich Are Living Longer: A Lot Longer Than the Poor
Rich men average 12 years longer; rich women average 10 years more.
If You Don't Need Those Big Bills, You Probably Don't Need Cash At All. Do You, Now?
Harvard and other elites take aim at any possibility of financial privacy in the name of curbing criminals flashing their big cash.
Donald Trump on Science
Comparing his scores on seven science policy topics to Cruz, Rubio, and Bush
Of Course It's Ethical To Make 'Three-Parent' Babies
Yet Congress is keeping parents from using modern biotech to prevent disease in their offspring
Congressman's Vaping Demo Fails to Deter New Airplane Ban
Duncan Hunter tries to show that vaping is quite different from smoking.
Brain Games' Jason Silva Explains Why Robots Won't Destroy the Human Race
Sex, drugs, God, and a hit TV show. Are there any limits to the techno-optimism of television's favorite "wonder junkie"?
Tasers Are Bad For Your Brain, Especially When Being Interrogated By Police
Are Miranda warnings valid if a person is experiencing dementia?
New Hampshire's Free State Project Eschews Presidential Primaries While Changing State Politics
These pioneering libertarians, soon to be 20,000 strong, have already changed Granite State laws.
Hillary and Bernie Supporters in Their Own Words
Bernie Sanders' supporters outnumbered Hillary Clinton's by a wide margin.
The New Nuclear Energy Revolution
Throwing off excessive regulatory precaution will bend the nuclear cost curve down, argues new study
Bernie Babes Banned From Tinder for Too Much Campaigning
But the "Bernie Sanders' Dank Tinder" campaigners won't stop.
We Went to the Democratic Debate in New Hampshire and Talked to Bernie Sanders Supporters
UNH students are Feeling the Bern, hating the fossil fuels, and bearish on Hillary Clinton.
