The Relentless March Toward a New Universal Agreement on Climate Change
Rich countries commit to total decarbonization of the global economy.
Rich countries commit to total decarbonization of the global economy.
A new paper from Lincoln Labs' Derek Khanna lays out a great way to move forward in tech.
Investors give a vote of confidence to a libertarian-themed tech venture.
Major companies oppose government end-runs around encryption
ITAR wants to codify awful practices 3D printed gun guru Cody Wilson is suing them over.
The natural next step in the evolution of Internet music services
Another bystander punished for filming police.
If unaddressed, an arbitrary protocol quirk implemented by Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto could soon undermine the scalability and long-term viability of the cryptocurrency.
Political correctness is dying. The university must now embrace unfettered intellectual debate and dialogue as the way forward.
A review of A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control
Plus an anti-metrification argument from the Whole Earth Catalog's Stewart Brand
Environmentalists demands to ban fracking are set back.
Epic piece about how the threads that make the clothes we wear are figuratively the fabric of our lives.
New study adjusts sea surface temperature data and finds warming after all.
and is the hero of the segment, which skewers hysterical fears about our children, who are safer than ever.
This is the latest example of how social media empowers the audience, not the "star."
The NSA and kindred agencies have many more arrows in their quiver than Section 215.
How can we produce better health for more people at a lower cost, year after year?
The BitLicense will provide a "moat" protecting Wall Street from Bitcoin.
"We've got too many laws," says the libertarian firebrand.
Weakening encryption "has a chilling effect on our First Amendment rights and undermines our country's founding principles."
Ronald Bailey Will Argue Against the Motion at Future Tense on Thursday, June 4
The intra-party fight over Patriot Act & USA Freedom Act is a sign we're finally moving past 9/11 politics.
True Detective star calls Edward Snowden "a hero," the drug war "fucking ridiculous," and denounces gun free school zones.
Factories with lab-grown milk and cultured meat will replace industrial farms
Is the expiration of Patriot Act provisions"just politics and posturing"? No, it's a sign the country is moving in the right direction.
The co-host of The Five and former host of Red Eye debuts his take on news and media.
And read the prosecution's sentencing letter to get a sense of how revolutionary Silk Road was.
Historically uncool QR codes are poised to be a main driver of anonymous e-payment.
Hints at appeals strategy and that untried murder for hire accusations shaped the absurdly excessive life sentence.
Reporting from outside the courthouse, Kurt Loder caught up with Ross' mother, Lyn, and filmmaker Alex Winter.
Even Though There is No Reason Not to Believe It.
The sentence is a miscarriage of justice, and will likely harm drug users down the road.
New study suggests "hiatus" could last 30 more years.
On the other hand, fewer approve of extramarital sex.
The documentarian chronicles the rise, fall, and importance of Silk Road.
Or least they are in Rhode Island, say state health officials.
Trains were cutting-edge technology. In 1825.
New York's top financial regulator prepares to turn his Rolodex into gold.
"Reformocons" reject technocratic, top-down government solutions to pressing policy issues. What could be wrong with that? Well, for starters...
Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals want to keep the world tightly sorted into two categories that describe fewer and fewer Americans.