What Cell Phones Reveal About the Failures of Government-Run Telecommunications
Private-sector innovations trump government-controlled monopolies.
Science & Technology
Don't Trust the FBI's Ability to Keep an iPhone Back Door to Itself
Federal officials can't keep their own secrets. Would you really trust them with the ability to access yours?
Federal Judge Takes Apple's Side vs. Feds in New York
Says government has overstepped bounds
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.
Republican Candidates All Agree: Apple Should Be Obligated to Work for the FBI
Rubio, Cruz accept claim that the encryption fight is over "just one phone."
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.
Apple to Judge: Forcing Them to Write Code for FBI Violates Their Free Speech
Company reveals formal opposition plan to demand they help weaken phone security.
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
Does Anybody Believe the FBI Isn't Out to Defeat Encryption?
The talking points insist this Apple case is an isolated incident. Evidence suggests otherwise.
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
How to Protect Your Data from the Government (And Apple)
A handy guide for chatting anonymously online.
DOJ Attempts to Force Apple's Cooperation, Calls Our Data Security a 'Marketing' Concern, Hopes We Ignore the Big Picture
The government wants what it wants, consequences be damned.
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.
Criminal Penalties for Companies that Won't Help Decrypt? Not Yet—But Keep Watching
The stick has been suggested. Now where is the carrot?
4 Reasons to Fear Encryption 'Back Doors,' Even Though You're Not a Terrorist
This seemingly simple demand opens a massive can of extremely dangerous worms.
Ted Cruz Says Apple Needs to Comply With the Court Order on Encrpytion, It's All Constitutional
Also calls himself a constitutionalist.
Goofus and Gallant on Encryption and Government Intrusion
Consider Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Justin Amash and guess which is which.
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.
The Encryption Fight We Knew Was Coming Is Here—and Apple Appears Ready
Company will not compromise user security to help access terrorist's phone.
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.
Report: Encryption Is No Hurdle to Targeting Bad Guys
But it does make it harder to conduct blanket surveillance-which may be what officials are really after.
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.
