Venezuelans Don't Believe in Bitcoin. They Need Bitcoin.
Pragmatism trumping ideology is a positive sign for cryptocurrency.
Science & Technology
How Long Before This Tool to Censor Images from Terrorists Gets Misused?
Amid European calls for speech crackdown, social media companies introduce tool for easier deletions.
Why It's a Good Thing That Driverless Cars and Trucks Are Going To Take Decades…
...to become fully operational. Tech change, like social change, is more evolutionary than we think, allowing society to adjust.
The Future of Free Speech on Social Media Looks Grim
Social-media platforms have not so much "disrupted" the old media gatekeepers as they have introduced a watered-down version of the same concept.
Governments Trash Cash, Making Alternative 'Money' More Attractive
Bitcoin, gold, and other unofficial means of exchange get free marketing from idiotic officials.
The Successful Progressive Conspiracy to Burn a 'Climate Heretic'
Wikileaks reveals how activists orchestrated a campaign to silence climate researcher Roger Pielke Jr.
Court Allows IRS to Order Bitcoin Exchange Coinbase to Give Up Their Customers' Identities
Attempts to make sure the feds can successfully tax pseudonymous bitcoin transactions getting serious.
Donate to Reason Because Our Journalism Helps Poor Venezuelans AND Teen Sexters
Stories that inspire others to generate bitcoins for the victims of socialism and legal representation for cellphone Romeos.
Time to Declare Aging a Disease and Get On with Curing It: New at Reason
Who wants to live to be a 100? Someone who is 99 years old. Especially if he feels like a 25 year-old.
So This Is (Your Annual War on) Christmas
Maybe Santa should just put everybody on the 'naughty' list and be done with it.
Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Save The World From Zika?
A look at several mosquito-modification projects and the political and cultural pushback they're facing.
Two New Studies Find Psilocybin Relieves Cancer Patients' Anxiety and Depression
A single dose of the banned psychedelic led to large and lasting psychological improvements.
How Bitcoin Is Undermining Socialism in Latin America
Rodrigo Souza on why technology is the clearest path to freedom.
You Don't Have to Be British to Be Extremely Worried About U.K.'s New Surveillance Law
Nestled deep in the Investigatory Powers Bill is the authority to mandate encryption "back doors."
Record Temperatures and Record Grain Yields
Climate model projections of wheat yields are just stupid
FDA Approves Final Stage of MDMA Drug Trials
Banned in 1985, the "empathogen" could be legally available as a psychotherapeutic catalyst as soon as 2021.
Rep. Massie Hasn't Heard From Trump Transition About Any Possible Administration Role
Massie hasn't met with anyone from the Trump transition team.
3 Ways Bitcoin Is Promoting Freedom in Latin America
Cryptocurrency vs. tariffs, monetary controls, and red tape.
The Secret, Dangerous World of Venezuelan Bitcoin Mining
How cryptocurrency is turning socialism against itself
Ending Energy Poverty vs. Climate Change Mitigation: New at Reason
Ending energy poverty should be prioritized over efforts to prevent climate change
An AR-15 in Every Home: 3D Gun Printer Cody Wilson on the Right to Resistance, Hacking the Media, and Trump
Wilson sat down with Reason TV to discuss his new memoir "Come and Take It: The Gun Printer's Guide to Thinking Free."
Obama, Merkel Blame Social Media For Being Politically Disruptive
Merkel suggests finding the right kinds of policies that would control that.
This Professor's List of 'Fake News' Sites Goes Predictably Wrong
How did sites like Breitbart and Red State get included?
The BMJ Joins The Lancet in Supporting Drug Legalization
The venerable British medical journal urges governments to "investigate more effective alternatives to criminalisation of drug use and supply."
Policing 'Fake News' Is Our Own Responsibility, Not Facebook's
Calling for the social media outlet to censor things, even completely made up stories, can end up in bad places.
A Tech Agenda for the Trump Administration
How Donald Trump can make America innovate again
Stop Sharing News That Trans Teen Suicides Spiked Post-Election—It's Not Just Wrong, But Dangerous to LGBT Youth
This false epidemic going viral could drive real suicide attempts among struggling teens.
Riots in Portland on Third Night of Protests
Trump returns to Twitter to complain about "unfair" protests "incited" by media.
Against Shaming 'White Women' and 'Female Misogynists' for 2016 Election Results
Who, exactly, are these impassioned social-media screeds supposed to sway?
Snowden on Trump: Privacy Bigger than a Single Election or Government
Whistleblower doesn't worry about whether there will be a deal for his return.
Defense Distributed, of 3D-Printed Gun Fame, Requests Rehearing on Denial of Its Injunction Against the State Department for Crushing Its Free Speech Rights
Is hosting a file that instructs a 3D printer how to make a plastic gun such a threat to national security that the First Amendment must take a back seat?
I Learned It By Watching You!
New Russian anti-encryption and data retention laws look sadly familiar.
Johan Norberg: 10 Reasons To Look Forward To the Future (New Reason Podcast)
From increased life expectancy to reduced levels of violence to greater personal freedom, things are going in the right direction.
Bad Food Data and Science Still Make for Bad Food Policy
USDA's diet guidelines are a mess because the information it uses is suspect.
How To Print a Gun at Home: Ronald Bailey Reviews 'Come and Take It' at WSJ
Is plastic gun printer Cody Wilson an 'open source terrorist' or a free speech hero?
Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump: Who Will Be *Worse*? Is Gary Johnson a "Buffoon"? New Reason Podcast
Podcast: Election 2016, Americans should be proud of the free speech laws that gave rise to Donald Trump and how Tom Wolfe is "America's greatest living essayist."
In Wired President Obama Praises Progress: But Does Not Know How It Happens
The president is right that it is the greatest time to be alive, but fails to understand how progress occurs.
Tom Hanks Endorses 'Malthusian Theory' of Overpopulation
Malthusianism might make a good movie plot, but it is just fiction.
Justin Timberlake Ballot Selfie Leads to Silly Hand-Wringing Over Laws
States threaten criminal action, but federal judges have dim view of bans.
When AT&T Profits Off Government Snooping, Shouldn't We Be Blaming the Government?
If we're not willing to rein in law enforcement, why should a telecom company?
New Nano-Catalyst Reverses Combustion to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
Would it be worth doing in the absence of a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade market?
