Corn Yields Boosted 50 Percent by Biotechnologists
Malthusians are never right and never win.
Science & Technology
Print Your Own Drugs, For Health and Fun
Instead of adapting laws and regulations to the evolving possibilities of the world in which they live, regulators, could try to head off that evolution instead
Why Vape? E-Cig Companies Are Not Allowed to Say.
The FDA is suppressing potentially lifesaving information about the health advantages of e-cigarettes.
EPA Finds Glyphosate Is Not Carcinogenic
Actually, the report was suppressed by the agency but its conclusions are posted below.
Sliding Down the Super-Cycle: Resource Doom Postponed Indefinitely
Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham admits he was wrong about "peak everything."
Current Commodity Super-Cycle Slide Confounds Resource Doomsters
Investor Jeremy Grantham makes "an admission of a past mistake on resources."
The Government's Attitude on Data Security: There's Too Much and Also Not Enough
'Let us in, but do a better job at keeping others out!'
Is It Ethical to Synthesize an Entire Human Genome? Yes!
Genomes are not "sacred" entities needing some kind of special moral consideration.
The FDA's Deadly Censorship of Lifesaving E-Cigarette Information
Regulators won't let manufacturers of vaping hardware and e-liquids tell their customers the truth.
Facebook Trending Topics are Curated by Editors, Not an Algorithm, Leaked Documents Reveal
Documents show no evidence of political bias, but do contradict the company's claim that topics trend organically.
Hillary and the Extraterrestrials
Three reasons to appreciate Clinton's fascination with UFOs
Academic Freedom Is On the Decline, and Here's the Data to Prove It
An analysis of 50 years of U.S. court cases shows professors seldom win in speech battles with school administrators, and it's only getting worse.
The FDA's Deadly E-Cigarette Regulations
The agency's new rules threaten products that offer a much safer alternative to smoking.
Facebook's Trending Section Is Now the Business of US Senate Commerce Committee
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) wants answers from Mark Zuckerberg and company over allegations of political bias in curated news feed.
AAA Finds No Basis for Equating THC Blood Levels With Driver Impairment
Traffic safety trends in Washington after marijuana legalization are ambiguous.
Why We Should All Care About Brazil's War on WhatsApp
Because WhatsApp is so popular, it is a prime target for government data mining-and not just in Brazil.
One Company Fought the FDA and Won. What That Victory Means for Medicine.
Vascular Solutions CEO Howard Root faced years of jail time in a legal battle over off-label use that has profound implications for medical innovation in America.
Uber and Lyft Defeated by Voters in Austin, Texas
City desire to fingerprint all drivers will drive the e-hailing companies out of the city.
At What Point Does Robo-Bureaucracy Become Robo-Tyranny?: New at Reason
Robot overlords coming to a government agency near you.
Is Blockchain Technology a Trojan Horse Behind Wall Street's Walled Garden?
At the Bitcoin/blockchain industry's flagship annual conference, blue chip banks were out in force.
April 2016 Is Fourth Warmest Month In Satellite Record: Global Temperature Trend Update
The uptick in warming has raised the global climate trend from +0.11 to +0.12 C per decade
If You Want to Keep Your Phone Contents Secret, Perhaps Don't Use a Fingerprint Lock
Unlike passcodes, judges seem willing to force cooperation with authorities for access.
Totally Bogus Attack on Glyphosate in Quaker Oats
Anti-GMO activist scaremongering against herbicide glyphosate almost makes Donald Trump look honest
A Bold New Plan to Help Addicts and End the Drug War
"Addiction rewires your brain like falling in love does," says Maia Szalavitz, author of "Unbroken Brain."
Memphis Police Officer Tackles and Arrests Man For Video-Recording Him
Memphis PD's policy clearly states citizens have First Amendment right to record police.
Virtual Reality Will Turn Kids into Zombies! Just Like Movies, Advertising, Video Games, and Rock Music Did!
Is it too soon to panic over a thing kids barely have access to, yet? No, don't be silly.
The Decline and Fall of Traditional Television
New data suggest that for young adults, Netflix shows are now more popular than network shows.
Royal College of Physicians Says Vaping Saves Lives
The venerable British medical society recognizes the harm-reducing potential of e-cigarettes.
Can Blockchain Technology Reduce Third-World Poverty?
A better way to keep track of who owns what land.
Have We Found Gun Laws That Could Reduce U.S. Gun Deaths by Over 90 Percent? Not Really
Lancet study is far from proving its case, and highlights the difficulties of using statistical analysis to lead to causal conclusions about laws' effects.
SpaceX Foots the Bill for 2018 Mission to Mars
Elon Musk is working with NASA to hustle an unmanned mission to the Red Planet. But he's writing the checks.
Royal College of Physicians: Vaping Can 'Prevent Almost All The Harm From Smoking'
The British medical group endorses e-cigarettes as a harm-reducing alternative to the conventional kind.
FBI Won't (or Can't) Say How It Broke Into Terrorist's IPhone
Agency wants to avoid a review process over passing information back to Apple.
Is it a "Lie" That More People Carrying Guns Can Lead to Less Crime?
The Nation relies on ad hominem attacks on one gun researcher, not facts.
Schools Are Spying on Students' Social Media and Informing Police
In the name of cyberbullying and suicide prevention, unintended consequences are not being considered.
Another Reason to Praise Snowden: He Sped Up Encryption Development
The NSA laments what is a positive development for individual privacy and security.
Finding the Middle Ground in Debate Over GMO Regulation
Should government policy be to favor or oppose GMOs? No.
SuperPAC to Spend $1 Million to Target Hillary Haters on Social Media
Claims rules against campaign coordination do not apply here.
Earth Day 2016: Paris Climate Agreement Signed
Too weak or a giant bureaucratic threat to democracy?
Amendment Could Save the Vaping Industry From Prohibitive FDA Regulations
The reported version of an appropriations bill would change a crucial cutoff date.
Climate Change Has Made U.S. Weather More Pleasant, Says Nature Study
Most Americans live in counties that are experiencing more pleasant weather than they did forty years ago
In Search of the Elusive Cultural Libertarian
You might be a cultural libertarian if... well, that depends on whom you ask.
Glyphosate Found in Some Cereals: Alarmists Generate Useless Panic
Another bogus scaremongering study by anti-technology activists
