The End of Doom
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Science & Technology
Social Media Helps Food Vendors Dodge Regulators and Find Customers
When what you want is an illegal treat from a favorite underground source, Facebook may be the place to look
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Climate Science?
"You have signed the death warrant of science."
Pope Francis Doesn't Understand Economics: Judge Andrew Napolitano
Pope is a "communist and a Marxist" who has "assaulted matrimony" in a "rejection of his papal role," says leading Catholic libertarian.
Cabbie To Uber Passenger: 'Take a Real Taxi You F***ing Cheapskate'
Violent threat, bald-faced lies, and other recent tales from the Uber wars.
Bitcoin Is a 'Fatherless' Technology. Great Attribute or Fatal Weakness?
Can Bitcoin grow and evolve without a founding figure?
South Park's 19th Season Debuted on Wednesday. Here Are 3 Reasons All Kids Should Be FORCED Watch It.
We're super-cereal about this. Really.
Ahmed Mohamed's Ordeal *is* The Case for School Choice
Texas teen's awful treatment underscores why more educational options are better for everyone.
Trump Anti-Vax Idiotarian
Really smart people don't blame vaccinations for causing autism.
LES LIBERTARIENS SONT PARMI NOUS!
"Libertarians Are Among Us!" sez French leftist paper Liberation. "Ultra individualist movement remains politically marginal but now swarming in pop culture."
Are Violent Video Games Digital Poison?
The American Psychological Association thinks so.
Anonymous Online Drug Sales: Its Glories and Limitations
An economist thinks about how online drug sales post-Silk Road will, and won't, change the illegal drug market.
Two Cheers for Rand Paul: The Kentucky Senator Brought the Libertarian in Debate
On foreign policy and drug policy, he staked out distinct and forward-looking policies.
How Ronald Reagan's Ghost Haunts the GOP
The Republican Party will never command the future unless it gives up its ridiculous nostalgia for its last great figure.
Campaign Against Sex Robots Launches, Because Some People Will Panic About Anything
Two brave researchers tackle the imaginary menace of robot prostitution.
Trump as Political Pick-Up Artist: The Donald is "Negging" His Rivals Brilliantly
The billionaire's insult-laced patter is straight outta a scurrilous dating scene.
Uber Progresses in New York and Sarasota, Florida
Taxi medallion holders can't force city to crush Uber in New York, and Sarasota abandons existing taxi regs rather than hobble e-hailers.
Americans Got Only 8 Out of 12 Answers Right on This Very Basic Science Quiz
I am sure that Reason readers will do much better
Victimhood Culture in America: Beyond Honor and Dignity
Americans increasingly want and expect adult supervision
Energy Drinks: Safe As Coffee But Somehow Lethal
An alarmist Washington Post story conflates Red Bull with pure caffeine powder.
The iPhone Is Already Changing Filmmaking
The smartphone and the decentralization of video production.
Libertarians Liked the iPencil Before It Was Cool
Some 57 years before the Apple Pencil, Leonard Read wrote "I, Pencil."
Democrats in Congress Want to Keep Some Science Secret
Brilliant op-ed on the dangers of secret science
Global Deforestation Rate Has Fallen by Half Says New Report
And there are far more trees than researchers previously thought - more than 3 trillion
Global Temperature Trend Update: August 2015 Hottest Ever in the Tropics
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.11 C per decade
A Survey Not Designed to Measure Defensive Gun Use Finds Little of It
Do less than 1 percent of crime victims defend themselves with firearms?
Has Bitcoin Already Been Co-opted by Wall Street?
Nathaniel Popper answers in his new book, Digital Gold.
'The FCC Won't Let Me Be,' Say Some Open Source Programmers
Proposed Rules from the FCC have sparked a lively debate within the tech community.
The Alternative Medicine Racket: How the Feds Fund Quacks
The NIH has spent $5.5 billion on bringing quackery-from faith healing to homeopathy-right into the heart of the American medical establishment.
"There is no 'War on Cops'"; There is a Long-Overdue Conversation About Police Brutality
The increasingly bad image of police around the country is their fault and nobody else's.
Real Conservatives Prefer Dirty, Smelly, Bomb-Throwing Anarchists to 'Libertarian Youth'
Roll over, Friedrich Hayek, and tell G.K. Chesterton the news!
Chipotle Sued Over Misleading Claims About Selling GMO-Free Foods
Enjoy the delicious schadenfreude
Do Strict Firearm Laws Give States Lower Gun Death Rates?
National Journal reads too much into a correlation.
We Don't Need 'Decades of Research' to Know Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking
A chemical comparison shows e-cigarettes are far less hazardous than tobacco cigarettes.
Plastic Bags Are Good for You
What prohibitionists get wrong about one of modernity's greatest inventions
The Freeman's Max Borders: Libertarians Should Be More Optimistic About the Future
Bitcoin and other disruptive technologies are having an important impact on developing countries.
4 Reasons This Article About E-Cigarettes Is Bad
Is vaping less dangerous than smoking? The Inquistr is determined not to tell you.
Famous Twitter Troll James Woods Asks Service for Info on Less-Famous Twitter Troll
The great actor - and outspoken Obama critic - takes on the First Amendment.
Kim Kardashian Posts a 'Corrective Ad' About Morning Sickness Pill on Instagram
Posted as the VMAs started to minimize exposure. Well played.
What Vox Thinks Tech Nerds Don't Understand About Politics
Mostly that reflexive distrust of it shows you need a smug handholding "explainer."
Obama Off to Alaska to Confront Man-Made Climate Change
Alaska is a bit warmer and Arctic sea ice a bit less
Two Americans Headed to Prison After Tweeting Support for ISIS
As Reason regulars are all too aware, the feds have been taking a heavier hand lately when it comes to online speech.
John Holland, 'Father of Complexity,' Dies at 86
Pioneer in complex adaptive systems passed away earlier this month
A British Lesson on Vaping for the CDC
Tom Frieden should listen to what English public health officials say about e-cigarettes.
Study Finds: Studies Are Wrong
A major project to reproduce study results from psychology journals found that more than half could not be replicated.
Wacky British Idea: Why Not Tell the Truth About E-Cigarettes?
English public health officials, unlike ours, recognize the harm-reducing potential of vaping.
