Spermpocalypse Now?
Are human beings about to become extinct due to falling sperm counts?
Science & Technology
Can Ethereum Overcome Its Immense Technical Problems? [Podcast]
Princeton Computer Science Professor Michael Freedman on why scaling this blockchain-based computing platform will be so difficult.
Five Lessons from the Hansa and AlphaBay Busts
Dark net market users can learn from the most successful cyber crime operation in the history of the internet.
The Surprisingly Long History of Private Space Exploration
America returns to its roots, thanks to philanthropists who are literally shooting for the stars.
DOJ Claims Responsibility for Shutting Down Cryptomarkets AlphaBay and Hansa
"This ranks as one of the most successful coordinated takedowns against cybercrime in recent years," says Europol's Rob Wainwright.
Elon Musk Is Wrong about Artificial Intelligence and the Precautionary Principle
The Tesla and SpaceX founder "summons the demon" of regulation.
Net Neutrality Supporters Should Actually Hate the Regulations They're Endorsing
The Obama-era "Open Internet Order" discourages a free internet.
A Rogues' Gallery of Bad Forensics Labs
Despite improvements in DNA matching and reliability, forensics labs across the country still continue to train and monitor technicians improperly.
DNA Evidence Frees the Innocent
But when we're not careful, this powerful technology can help imprison the wrongly accused
Australian Leader's Stupid Quote About Laws Trumping Math Is Encryption Fight in a Nutshell
Government authorities refuse to consider uncontrollable, dangerous consequences of breaking data privacy.
Did Police Just Take Down the Biggest Dark Web Drug Market in History?
Alphabay has been down for more than a week. A series of raids and arrests suggests it's not an exit scam.
There's No Harm in Fantasizing About a Better Future
In Radicals Chasing Utopia, transhumanist enthusiasm gets a bad rap.
Cory Doctorow's 'Fully Automated Luxury Communist Civilization'
The author of Little Brother and Walkaway on dystopia, the end of scarcity, and what's going to get him arrested
Social Media Users Encounter More, Not Less, Political Diversity
Our media consumption is increasingly personalized. But personalized does not mean isolated.
The Myth of Technological Unemployment
If the nightmare of technological unemployment were true, it would already have happened, repeatedly and massively.
Chuck Schumer Is Protecting the Nation From Snortable Chocolate [Reason Podcast]
Reason editors discuss Trump's Warsaw speech, the Putin meeting, Mike Pence's Mars shot, and more.
Red Teaming Climate Change
An effective way to improve climate science and challenge the "climate establishment"?
Phoenix Neurologist is Charged With Selling Bitcoin Without a License
Federal application of banking law to bitcoin nets another victim.
Getting to the Truth of the Link Between Porn and Rape
Studies showing an ostensible link between watching porn and committing rape are full of flaws.
New York Lawmakers Back Unwarranted Phone Searches of Drivers
On the pretext of texting safety, they want to give cops free rein to suspend licenses and fine drivers without charges or conviction.
Gawker Documentary Fails to Make Case for Publishing Sex Tape
Film favors martyrdom over careful analysis.
The Silk Road Is Dead, But the Internet's Illicit Drug Economy Is Alive and Well
A new U.N. report finds cryptomarkets comprise a bigger chunk of the global drug trade than ever before.
Princeton-Trained Computer Scientists Are Building a New Internet That Brings Privacy and Property Rights to Cyberspace
Meet the developers behind Blockstack, who are using blockchain technology to reconfigure the web. It'll make NSA mass data collection impossible.
Let Driverless Car Innovators—Not Bureaucrats—Work Out Security, Privacy Issues
Companies are more likely to adapt more quickly to issues.
New Coalition Blames Tech Industry for City's Problems, Demands Uber Solve Them
Plan to open headquarters in Oakland, California, upsets locals who fear tech displaces minorities.
We Could Have Had Cellphones Four Decades Earlier
Thanks for nothing, Federal Communications Commission.
Are Robots Going to Steal Our Jobs?
Many technologists think so, but economists aren't so easily convinced.
Theresa May's Call for Internet Censorship Isn't Limited to Fighting Terrorism
Using fear of terrorists to try to control what you can see online
Silicon Valley Startup Lets Users Move Money Without Government Interference By Turning Their Phones Into Stand-Alone Banks [Reason Podcast]
Q&A with Abra founder and CEO Bill Barhydt on bitcoin as "regulatory arbitrage."
Florida Man Jailed 180 Days for Not Giving Police His iPhone Password
He gave them a password, but police say it doesn't work.
American Kingpin Treats Ross Ulbricht's Life and Trial Like a Soap Opera
Author Nick Bilton misses the point on the dark net.
City-Owned Fiber Networks Are a Terrible Idea
How municipal broadband drains local taxpayers
Cory Doctorow on Cyber Warfare, Lawbreaking, and His New Novel 'Walkaway'
The novelist, activist, and BoingBoing founder on cyber warfare, Uber-style reputation economics, and what he's likely to get arrested for someday.
The European Union Wants to Censor Hate Speech on Social Media
The rules would apply only to videos-for now.
Is Offering a "Pill Cosby" Cocktail an Artifact of "Rape Culture" or a Critique of it?
Washington, D.C. bar pulls drink named for TV star after "highly predictable outcry."
How Deregulation Gave Us FM Radio, HBO, and the iPhone
The FCC is designed to protect incumbents, enrich politicians, and screw consumers, says economist Thomas Hazlett.
Left Rebrands Environmental Regulations As Environmental Protections: New at Reason
And the news media are going along with it.
EPA Bureaucracy Strikes Back: The Case of the Board of Scientific Counselors
How will the struggle between the permanent bureaucracy and the EPA's new leadership play out?
You Are Ignorant, But Not Necessarily Dumb.
A review of The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone
CRISPR and the Dawn of the New Biotech Revolution
Cures for HIV/AIDS and specifically targeted antibiotics
Transhumanism Is Not an Alt-Right Conspiracy!
Being equally diseased, disabled, and dead is only fair, says New York magazine.
