How Do You Like Them Non-Browning Apples, and Potatoes Too?
We don't, say the bioluddites over at Friends of the Earth and Consumers Union
Science & Technology
Ronald Bailey Explains How Real Factories Will Replace Factory Farms
Room for buffalo to roam and antelope to play.
Another Pointless Human Gene-Editing Moratorium
Now watch the bioluddites swarm out of the policy woodwork.
Here Comes Ethereum, an Information Technology Dreamed Up By a Wunderkind 19-Year-Old That Could One Day Transform Law, Finance, and Civil Society
Can Ethereum help eliminate corruption and bureaucracy in the developing world?
High School Superintendent: Teen Sexting Is a Police Matter
Two teens send nude selfies. Police spend several weeks, interview 25 students to "investigate."
FCC Chairman Denies Receiving "Secret Instructions from the White House" About Internet Rules
Tom Wheeler didn't need secret orders to do the administration's bidding on net neutrality.
AirBnb Fights Crummy Laws and Crummy Attitudes
Why can't our politics and culture handle expedited exchanges of services and goods for money?
One in Three Americans Hide Data From Government (and You Should Too)
Crack the code on my selfies, you jerks
Study: Airport Screenings Catch Less Than Half of Infected Passengers
Transportation officials are at the whim of self-reported data.
Did President Obama Admit the US is Controlled by Space Aliens?
Obama UFO joke on Jimmy Kimmel Live throws conspiracy theorists into a frenzy.
Mistaking Peak Prices for "Peak Everything"
Economic Super-cycles and Falling Commodity Prices
Liberals Better Than Conservatives Again, Says New Study on Who's Happier
I am just happy to be a libertarian.
The FCC's New Internet Rules Put the FCC in Charge of the Internet
New net neutrality rules give the agency veto power over ISP innovations.
What "Out of Control" Biohacking Means for the Future
Q&A With Disinformation Encyclopedia Authors R.U. Sirius and Jay Cornell
"Fascinating": Anti-Abortion Idaho Pol Says He Knew That Vagina & Stomach Aren't Connected
Anti-abortion legislators are using bogus safety concerns about telemedicine to win victories that they cannot via straight-up political arguments.
Senators Pitch a Bill Legalizing Medical Marijuana in States That Allow It
The CARERS Act would eliminate federal interference with patients and providers.
It's Stupid Season. Have You Been Vaccinated?
How the press turned a local issue into the first controversy of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Scott Walker Flip-Flops in Favor of Federal Ethanol Mandate
Wisconsin governor, no stranger to corporate welfare, sings a new tune in front of Iowa farmers
Apple Just Announced ResearchKit: iOS Software For Collecting Medical Information That'll Be Severely Limited Because of the FDA
How the FDA will limit the usefulness of Apple's latest innovation.
The Apple Watch Will Make the Wrists of the Super Rich Look A Lot More Like Yours and Mine
The new watch from Cupertino will help reduce income inequality in the way that really matters.
Why Conservatives Should Fight for Death Penalty Drug Transparency
Capital punishment fails the "conservative litmus test."
Is Addiction a Chronic Brain Disease?
Drug addiction is not caused by the effects of drugs alone.
Could Automation Be Labor Unions' Death Knell?
Automation needn't be scary for workers, but for traditional unions, the robot future may hold a different fate.
The Blockchain: A Supercomputer for Reality
"Everything that can be decentralized, will be decentralized."
The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency
Journalists and prisoners stage a First Amendment challenge to state secrecy regarding executions.
Netflix May Already Regret Its Support for the FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules
The agency's new Internet rules will only make the Web worse.
What If Someone Crossed the Razor-Blades-in-Halloween-Candy Rumor with the Injecting-Babies-with-AIDS Rumor?
Decoding a Vietnamese urban legend
These Glasses Can Thwart Facial Recognition Software
In an age of ever-increasing surveillance, one simple technology could help protect your privacy.
Study Confirms That E-Cigarettes Generate Virtually No Toxins
Levels are about the same as those found in air.
