Science & Technology
Really Depressing Survey of What Scientists and the Public Think About Science and Society
Disinformation specialists are everywhere
SAVE Act Would Hold Websites Criminally Liable for User-Generated Content
Lawmakers target classified ad sites
Is It Immoral for Men to Gestate? Transgender* Women?
Recent advances in uterus transplantation will soon make this possible
Ronald Bailey Asks If It Is Immoral to Enable Men and Transgender Women to Gestate
Just because it's new doesn't mean that it's wrong.
Idaho Bill Seeks to Make Executions Even Less Transparent
Broadly written law could hide sources of lethal injection drugs and even the identity of an executed prisoner.
As U.S. Officials Fret Over Encryption, German Firms Market Secure Calls
How secure is an open question.
How to Justify Continued Federal Meddling in Internet Service? Just Keep Changing the Goals!
FCC votes to change the definition of 'broadband,' increasing the minimum speed required.
Scientology-Funded Group Preaching Anti-Drug Message in NYC Public Schools
Foundation for a Drug-Free World was previously kicked out of San Francisco schools for promoting "bogus science."
A Fond Farewell to Andrew Sullivan, Who Is Retiring From Blogging
So long, and thanks for all the links.
DHS to Start Collecting Iris and Facial Recognition Images at Border
It's Philip K. Dick's world. We just live here.
The Voluntarily Unvaccinated Are Harming Other People in California Measles Outbreak
Anti-vaxxers it's past time for you to get over your superstition and get your kids vaccinated.
Rand Paul: Drones Should Be Legal But If They Fly Over My House, "I've Got a Shotgun"
Kentucky Republican and likely presidential candidate gives first-ever Snapchat Q&A with CNN.
LAPD, Which Tracks Citizens Through Their Phones, Worries About You Doing the Same to Them
Cops don't like navigation app Waze because it shows where they are.
Anti-Vaping Researchers Called Out for Misleading Cancer Exaggerations by New York Times Columnist
By opposing e-cigarettes, anti-tobacco activists are very likely killing people
Brooklyn Teen Arrested for Threatening Use of Emoji
NYPD: "You make a threat on the internet, we're going to be watching."
2014 Was Another Banner Year for Letting Innocent People Out of Jail
Last year 125 people were freed from prison due to innocence, including six on death row.
Jails Introduce Glitchy, Pricey Video Visitation Systems—and Get Families to Use Them By Banning In-Person Visits
A different sort of telecom monopoly
Uber Drivers: Collectively Making Well More Than Half-a-Billion
But the trend of techno-modernity is all about what's good for consumers, not drivers or big tech companies.
Ronald Bailey Argues that Warbots Could Be More Moral than Human Soldiers
So let slip the robots of war?
Let Slip the Robots of War
Lethal autonomous weapon systems might be more moral than human soldiers.
Barrett Brown Gets 63 Months in Jail, Nearly a Million Fine
'Anonymous'-linked journalist convicted for issues arising from an FBI investigation into non-crimes.
Does Formaldehyde Make E-Cigarettes Worse Than the Real Thing?
Researchers use an unrealistic test to imply that vaping causes cancer.
Senate Votes 98 to 1: Climate Change Is Real and Not a Hoax
Senators vote 50 to 49 that it is "sense of the Senate" that "human activity significantly contributes to climate change."
BPA Safe: Yet Another Scientifically Unfounded Environmentalist Scare Bites the Dust
European Food Safety Authority finds "no consumer health risk from bisphenol-A exposure."
Obama SOTU: We've "Turned the Page"; But What We Need is a Whole New Book
The president's tired rhetoric and policy proposals show that we've not yet entered the 21st century in politics.
Uh-Oh! Obamacare's Website is Sending Sensitive Personal Information to Marketing and Advertising Companies
But don't worry, sending your private data to HealthCare.gov is perfectly safe.
Pew: Americans Say Obama is a "Good Man" Who is "Incompetent"
While most of us will be tuning out tonight's SOTU, here's a reason to watch: It frames the president's thinking about the next year.
Reason and Science Make Us Moral: Michael Shermer on The Moral Arc
Skeptic magazine editor discusses his new book.
