Science & Technology
L.A. City Council Wants to Make Life Worse For People Trying to Get from LA's Main Airport
Also: Uber shows-not-tells the people why legal transportation cartels suck.
Big Fun at Transhumanist Summer Camp
Neurotracking, video games, laughing rats, brainwave sniper training, robot love, and a "pernicious libertarian"
Indiana Lawmakers Surprised To Learn They Banned Driving With Cell Phones
Nanny of the Month, July 2015
George Gilder: Net Neutrality Is a 'Ludicrous' Idea That Will Shrink the Economy
The legendary tech writer on net neutrality, the FCC, and why Bitcoin is the missing eighth layer of the Internet.
Ban Killer Robots, Says Open Letter from Robotics and AI Researchers
Lethal autonomous weapons are too dangerous to develop.
Watch Matt Welch on FBN's After the Bell at 4:00 p.m. ET
On Trump, Jon Stewart, Mike Huckabee, Iran, and A.I. deathbots
The Government's Latest Attempt to Stop Hackers Will Only Make Cybersecurity Worse
"Cyberweapons" crackdown could be used to criminalize basic software-bug testing.
Hillary's Solar Scheme Is Central Planning at its Worst
Why privilege solar over all the other technologies, including some that may not even be invented yet?
Oysters vs. the State
The fight to save a California oyster farm from the National Park Service
You Have a Constitutional Right to Buy and Sell Sex. Here's Why.
A new lawsuit seeks to make prostitution legal in California.
Judge Grants Backpage.com Temporary Restraining Order Against Illinois Sheriff Tom Dart
"It appears that an oft-used tool for identifying lawbreakers will be lost if Backpage were to fold," writes federal judge.
'People who are opposing GMOs…are leading to preventable deaths'
John Stossel asks: Is the left's scientific ignorance more damaging than the right's?
Easy New Gene Editing Technique CRISPR Conjures Fears of a Brave New World
Is it immoral to slow progress toward curing diseases and creating more environmentally benign products?
'Sexist' Scientist Tim Hunt: The Real Story
The "Tim Hunt, misogynist scientist" narrative has been falling apart piece by piece over the past month.
Enter the Reason Media Awards and Win $10,000!
Annual competition rewards writers and filmmakers for libertarian-themed work.
Encryption Protects Free Speech: Lavabit's Ladar Levison on Online Freedom, Net Neutrality, and Cryptography
"If we are going to continue to preserve our right to free speech in the electronic age, then we need to use tools like encryption."
"The End of Doom": Ron Bailey on Why The Future Looks Pretty Damn Great
Advances in technology will address climate change before calamity strikes.
"World's Most Famous Climate Scientist" Predicts 10 Feet of Sea Level Rise in Just 50 Years
James Hansen and his colleagues promote, uh, publish an alarming new study
Second Planned Parenthood Exec Talks Fetal Tissue Donation in New Undercover Video
Activists pretended to be with a medical research firm called Biomax.
I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, but nothing prepared me for this Hillary Vine.
As Blade Runner foretold, replicants may walk among us but we don't yet have the tech to detect them.
Ronald Bailey Lunch Book Event at Cato Institute on July 23: Register Now!
Ronald Bailey Talks The End of Doom at Cato July 23, 2015
Dressing Room Sex Tape Goes Viral, Police Arrest Five
Filmed at a Uniqlo in China, authorities also looking into the store's involvement
Is True Detective the Most Libertarian Show on TV?
The corruption on display is bigger than Frank, Cesere, Velcoro, or any single individual and is thus uncontainable.
Chipotle Treats Customers Like Idiots
The burrito chain stokes bogus GMO fears and tries to profit from anti-biotech propaganda.
NYC Bill to Stop Uber From Growing Now About Protecting Passengers, or Something
The latest in the Uber wars is more inanity.
A New Life for Old Food
How technology reduces waste by getting excess edibles to those who can still use them.
Voter ID, Suppression Fail
If voter ID laws were created to suppress minority voting, they're actually not doing that.
Commercial Cannabis Cultivators in Colorado Move Outdoors
Using sunlight instead of electric lights could cut the price of pot in half.
James Holmes Found Guilty on All Counts for 2012 Shooting Spree
Man who opened fire in crowded theater fails with insanity-plea defense.
If People Could Genetically Modify Their Children to Be Smarter, Would They? Hell, Yes!
So argues Eugene Volokh, albeit with a bit more subtlety.
Anti-GMO Activist Campaign is "Full of Errors, Fallacies, Misconceptions, Misrepresentations, and Lies."
Terrific Slate article agrees with what Reason has been reporting for years now.
Voluntary GMO Labeling Law Moves Forward in Congress
Preempts costly state mandatory labeling laws
The FBI Wants the Key to Your Data
Is government-resistant encryption an intolerable threat to public safety?
Bitcoin May Be Too Late for Greece, But Not Other Countries Headed In That Direction
Counteracting government thieving
This is What Pluto Looks Like from 766,000 Miles Away
We're about to get much, much closer.
The Shadowy World of Cybersecurity Mercenaries
The Hacking Team sold many governments-including ours-products to directly target journalists, software developers, and activists for surveillance.
Hillary Clinton Declares War on Worker Choice and Consumer Convenience
Why is the Democratic presidential candidate targeting the "gig economy" characterized by Uber?
New Little Ice Age May Counteract Global Warming
Researchers project a grand sunspot minimum by 2030
Where the Private Buffalo Roam and the Private Antelope Play
Restoring the herds and landscape seen by Lewis and Clark
Washington, D.C.'s Streetcar Is Delayed Again After an Engineering Report Raises Safety Concerns
Another chapter in the saga of this 2.4-mile rail boondoggle in the nation's capital.
