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Social Media

The Bad Science Behind Jonathan Haidt's Call to Regulate Social Media

Only 22 of the 476 studies in The Anxious Generation contain data on either heavy social media use or serious mental issues among adolescents, and none have data on both.

Aaron Brown | 4.2.2024 10:45 AM

Congress

Justin Amash: 'I'd Impeach Every President'

Former Rep. Justin Amash says "the idea of introducing impeachment legislation suggests there's other people who will join you. Otherwise, it's just an exercise in futility."

Nick Gillespie | 2.21.2024 3:45 PM

Bitcoin

The Future of Energy? Brooklyn's Bitcoin-Heated Bathhouse

A new Reason documentary explores why, for some, bitcoin is the 'real Green New Deal.'

Zach Weissmueller | 11.14.2023 11:30 AM

Latin America

A Private Libertarian City in Honduras

Próspera Inc. is creating a voluntary free market mini-state inside one of Latin America's poorest nations.

Zach Weissmueller | 7.6.2023 11:00 AM

Bitcoin

Bitcoin's Greatest Test

The FTX meltdown, "Operation Chokepoint 2.0," and a "crypto winter" have only strengthened the resolve of the enthusiasts Reason spoke with at the annual National Bitcoin Conference in Miami.

Liz Wolfe and Zach Weissmueller | 6.20.2023 10:30 AM

Technology

Will A.I. Steal Our Jobs?

Yes, and thank god for that!

Natalie Dowzicky | 5.30.2023 11:35 AM

Art

'Now Is Better,' Says Legendary Designer Stefan Sagmeister

His bold new exhibition draws on the work of Steven Pinker, Our World in Data, and Human Progress to document how much life has improved since the good old days.

Nick Gillespie | 5.18.2023 10:50 AM

Homelessness

Why Homelessness Is Worse in California Than in Texas

Today, the Lone Star state counts 90 homeless people per every 100,000 residents. In California, the problem is almost five times as bad.

Liz Wolfe and Zach Weissmueller | 4.18.2023 11:10 AM

California

California Environmentalists: Bees Are Now Fish

The state's Endangered Species Act doesn't protect insects, so environmentalists and government officials intent on helping bees had to get creative.

Fiona Harrigan and Isaac Reese | 7.19.2022 1:55 PM

Ukraine

Can Elon Musk's Starlink Keep Ukraine Online?

There are technical and logistical hurdles, but satellite internet could one day offer an uncensored alternative for people living in war zones and authoritarian countries around the world.

Isaac Reese | 3.5.2022 8:46 AM

Death Penalty

185 Americans Wrongly Sentenced to Death Have Been Freed in the Last Half-Century

For every 8.3 executions in the United States, one innocent person on death row has been exonerated.

Scott Shackford and Isaac Reese | 9.27.2021 6:00 AM

Reason Interviews

Alex Tabarrok on 'First Doses First'

"When you push out the first doses faster, you get to herd immunity faster."

Isaac Reese | 3.8.2021 6:00 AM

Vaccines

We Could Be Vaccinating Twice as Fast. The Government Won't Allow It.

"Let's do the thing, which saves the most lives," says economist Alex Tabarrok: Instead of holding back second doses, use them all right away.

Isaac Reese | 1.16.2021 11:00 AM

Coronavirus

Let Volunteers Expose Themselves to COVID-19 To Speed Up a Vaccine

"Economists are accustomed to thinking about tradeoffs," says economist and Nobel laureate Alvin Roth. "It appears that at least in some parts of the ethics community, they are not."

Justin Monticello | 9.2.2020 4:10 PM