How To Survive a Robot Uprising
Seeing dark omens of catastrophe in new tech demos.
Science & Technology
Let Slip the Robots of War
Lethal autonomous weapon systems might be more moral than human soldiers.
Regulatory Robophobia
We don't need a federal commission to govern things that go beep in the night.
The Robot Revolution Is Here
They're sweeping my floors, watching my kids, and stealing my job. Here's why I'm not worried.
Rise of the Machines: 6 Scenes from the Robot Revolution
They're coming for your homes, your pets, your deliveries, your news, and more.
Don't Fear the Robots! Human Responsibility Will Keep Them in Check.
Lawyers, insurance, and the media put the fear of liability in the hearts of the humans who create our automated tools
This Utah Cop May Have Conceived the Worst Argument Yet for Pot Prohibition
Legalization will bring an epidemic of stoned bunnies, or something.
He Lived Long and He Prospered: R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy, the Man Who Was Spock
His role on Star Trek paved the way for decades of geek culture.
Big Bang Denialism?*
Climate change, evolution, vaccines, genetically modified crops, and now the origin of the universe!
The FCC Just Voted to Regulate the Internet Like a Utility
Net neutrality regulation is sure to create some problems of its own
What Does It Take to Turn Off the 21st Century? A Saw.
Keep your electronics close, and your backup plan closer.
Anti-Airbnb Rat Finks Do Freelance Urban Planning; They Know the Best Use for Everyone's Property!
Whether or not the "sharing economy" is properly communal, it better satisfies human needs. Naturally people want to kill it.
Darkleaks: The Decentralized Information Blackmarket Opens for Business
Secrets for sale anonymously
Testing Houston Rape Kit Backlog Yields 850 DNA Matches
Look, anti-rape policies that actually yield results!
WATCH: Hacking Life's Code and Creating New Organisms with 3-D Printed DNA
Q&A With Cambrian Genomics' Austen Heinz
Hacking Life's Code and Creating New Organisms with 3-D Printed DNA
Q&A With Cambrian Genomics' Austen Heinz
The Quantified Citizen
Engineering happiness might sound good, but it will leave us all less free.
VID: Silk Road, Online Freedom, and Why the Prosecution (and Conviction) of Ross Ulbricht Should Worry Us All
The mother of the alleged "Dread Pirate Roberts" spoke out prior to her son's recent conviction.
Federal Judge Denies Death Row Inmates Access to Information on the Drugs That Will Kill Them
The inmates argued they had a First Amendment right to information that would ensure their Eighth Amendment rights were protected.
Hooray for FrankenMosquitoes in the Florida Keys!
Genetically modified mosquitoes combat disease
America's Least Sprawling City Is…Los Angeles?
Forget the clichés. L.A. isn't the capital of sprawl.
Does Circumcision Cause Autism?
Danish study reports circumcised boys at 50 percent greater risk of autism.
Are We Becoming Morally Smarter?
The connection between increasing IQs, decreasing violence, and economic liberalism
