Science
Reason magazine
Is Redistricting Depriving Women Of Their Voting Rights?
The Supreme Court weighs in.
2 min |
April 2019
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Bringing The Passenger Pigeon Out Of Extinction
Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.
10+ min |
October 2015
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The Many Resurrections of Sherlock Holmes
Why the Great Detective is always in fashion.
10+ min |
October 2015
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Will Today's Global Trade Wars Lead To World War III?
The splintering of international economic interdependence is a worrying sign for peace through trade.
10+ min |
May 2019
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Goodbye, Obama
The outgoing president leaves a loaded gun in the Oval Office.
10+ min |
February 2017
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Democrats Defect From Obamacare
Meanwhile, the GOP learns to stop worrying and love Obama’s signature legislative victory.
10+ min |
February 2017
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Lionel Shriver Doesn't Care If You Hate Her Sombrero
The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin and The Mandibles pulls no punches when it comes to race, sex, or economics.
10+ min |
February 2017
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Safe Sex, Dangerous State
THE KIDS THESE days are incredibly lame.
5 min |
April 2017
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Giant Ziplock Baggies Full Of Lambs Are Going To Change Everything
IN APRIL, RESEARCHERS announced they had managed to keep several extremely premature lambs alive and growing in artificial wombs.
5 min |
August/September 2017
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The Surprisingly Long History Of Private Space Exploration
America returns to its roots, thanks to philanthropists who are literally shooting for the stars.
6 min |
August/September 2017
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Neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt On Alcohol, LSD, and Getting Sacked For His Findings
The British psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt had reached arguably the pinnacle of his field as chairman of the government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
3 min |
August/September 2017
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Health Care And The Politics Of Disruption
AT THE BEGINNING of May, the insurance giant Aetna announced that it would cease selling health coverage in Obamacare’s insurance exchanges entirely.
2 min |
August/September 2017
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After The Martian, Andy Weir Goes To The Moon
In November, writer Andy Weir released a new novel, Artemis, about a settlement on the moon. His first book, The Martian, which you may remember from the blockbuster movie version starring Matt Damon, was powered by plot-driving engineering mishaps and triumphs. Artemis instead gave Weir a chance to unleash his inner “economics dork,” he says. This fall, Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward talked with the author about what he thinks the political economy of the moon would look like.
3 min |
February 2018
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Goodbye, Millennials
Get off our lawn.
5 min |
February 2018
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Don't Blame Pain Pills For The Opioid Crisis
CHRIS CHRISTIE, THE outgoing governor of New Jersey, has repeatedly told the story of a law school classmate who died of an overdose after getting hooked onoxycodone prescribed for back pain.
3 min |
February 2018
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From Bork To Willett
Is the conservative legal movement going libertarian?
2 min |
February 2018
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It's Time To Privatize The V.A.
And a lot of other government functions as well
5 min |
November 2017
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Now Hiring: Teen Cigarette Narcs
FINDING A JOB as a 16-year-old can be a challenge.
2 min |
November 2017
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Steve Forbes Talks Shop
A hundred years ago, financial columnist B.C. Forbes started an eponymous business magazine.
3 min |
November 2017
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Ye Shall Know Them By Their Debt
DONALD TRUMP CERTAINLY knows how to drive the news cycle.
3 min |
December 2017
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Global Trade Is Good For Small-Town Manufacturers
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is nothing if not a protectionist.
2 min |
December 2017
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Making History Modern
When women bought retro futurism at $4.50 a yard
4 min |
December 2017
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The Fragile Generation
BAD POLICY AND PARANOID PARENTING ARE MAKING KIDS TOO SAFE TO SUCCEED.
10+ min |
December 2017
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The FDA Warms To Vaping
IN JULY, THE Food and Drug Administration(FDA) extended the deadline for e-cigarette manufacturers to seek regulatory approval of their products.
2 min |
December 2017
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Congress Passed The First Step Act. What's The Second Step?
In the waning days of the 115th Congress, the first major criminal justice bill in eight years was passed.
3 min |
April 2019
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Oh, The Places They'll Go —If You Let Go
An economist’s guide to happier, more relaxed parenting
10+ min |
June 2019
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When Did We Get So Scared of ‘Screen Time'?
The myth of brain rot from glowing rectangles.
5 min |
June 2019
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What It Means To Be A Kid In The 21st Century
Free-range mom Lenore Skenazy talks with sociologist Frank Furedi about what it means to be a kid in the 21st century.
10+ min |
June 2019
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Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young
“Cancel Culture” is out of control online.
10+ min |
June 2019
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Americans Should Impeach Presidents More Often
We don’t do it nearly enough.
10 min |