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In clinical trials, a new male birth control gel seems to adequately reduce sperm count without decreasing libido.
Treatments

Test of Male Birth Control Treatment Produces Promising Results

"We’ve been chasing this for a long time."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center last week in preparation for its maiden voyage to the ISS.
Off-World

A Real-Life “Star Wars”-Style Spacecraft Is Preparing for Launch

"Oh, it’s a possibility I might be flying, it’s a possibility you could be a passenger as well."

By Victor Tangermann

During a recent summit, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was stumped after being asked how his company's AIs actually work, pointing to a larger issue.
OpenAI

Sam Altman Admits That OpenAI Doesn’t Actually Understand How Its AI Works

"We certainly have not solved interpretability."

By Victor Tangermann

Primordial black holes neatly explain where all the dark matter in the universe is hiding — if we could find them.
Black Holes

Astronomers Struggle to Explain Why Ancient Black Holes Are Nowhere to Be Found

This theory could change our understanding of the early universe.

By Frank Landymore

After receiving backlash that it is making its car music player obsolete, Spotify has reversed course somewhat and is now offering a refund.
Future Society

After Facing Major Backlash Over Bricking Music Player, Spotify Gives in and Will Refund Customers

You just need proof of purchase.

By Sharon Adarlo

The feds arrested Yunhe Wan, who they say perpetrated a massive botnet scheme that swindled billions and facilitated child exploitation.
Future Society

Multibillion Dollar Botnet Scam Traced Back to a Single Person

"The conduct alleged here reads like it's ripped from a screenplay."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered another intriguing formation on the planet's barren surface in the form of a circular pit.
Mars

Scientists Intrigued By Almost Perfectly Circular Pit on the Surface of Mars

What's in the hole?

By Frank Landymore

Tesla rival, Lucid Group, just announced last week it's laying off about 400 people from its electrical vehicle company.
Tesla

Tesla Competitor Lays Off Hundreds of Workers As Other EVs Lose People

Things are not looking good for the EV market.

By Sharon Adarlo

A psychologist published a study that found no correlation between subjective well-being and Western astrological signs
Health & Medicine

Game Over, Astrologists: Zodiac Signs Have Zero Bearing on Our State of Mind, Researchers Find

It's simply not written in the stars.

By Sharon Adarlo

A dinosaur hunter is set to rake in millions of dollars after his find of a 150-million-year-old stegosaurus goes to auction.
Science & Energy

Dinosaur Hunter Expected to Make Millions After Finding “Virtually Complete” Stegosaurus

He found it on his birthday in his own backyard.

By Sharon Adarlo

An international team of botanists just discovered the largest genome ever sequenced — in an itty-bitty Pacific fern.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Teeny Tiny Plant With the Largest Genome Ever Sequenced

"The beauty of the plant is inside."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Global warming is thawing permafrost in Alaska and turning remote rivers from pristine glacier blue to rusty bright orange.
Science & Energy

Scientists Alarmed as Rivers in Alaska Turn Bright Orange

"There are certain sites that look almost like a milky orange juice."

By Sharon Adarlo

A new discovery in the way electrical currents work could pave the way for supercapacitors that charge phones and laptops in 60 seconds.
Robots and Machines

Supercapacitor Discovery Could Allow Laptops to be Charged in Just 1 Minute, Engineer Claims

"We found the missing link."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new theory suggests that rockets blast up plumes of Moon dust at way, way faster speeds than previously thought.
Moon

Scientist Terrified Astronauts Might Be Shredded by Sandblasts on the Moon

"The amount of damage [lunar dust] might cause to a spacecraft could be an order of magnitude worse than we believed."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Last month, China sent four zebrafish to its space station Tiangong. And so far, the fish are thriving in the microgravity environment.
Off-World

Fish on Board China’s Space Station Are Doing Swimmingly, Confused as Hell

The "aquastronauts" are "showing directional behavior anomalies."

By Sharon Adarlo

Should genAI be journalism's future, Semafor reports that partisan digital outlets, especially those on the far-right, might get frozen out.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Already Leaving Right Wing, Conservative Media Outlets In The Past

Silver linings.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Impartial, data driven AI models could be an appealing replacement for biased , egotistical CEOs — and cheaper, too.
Artificial Intelligence

CEOs Could Easily Be Replaced With AI, Experts Argue

Many companies are "fine with not having one."

By Frank Landymore

Akatsuki, JAXA's Venus probe and the only spacecraft in orbit around the planet, suddenly fell out of contact in late April.
Off-World

Japan’s Venus Probe Goes Mysteriously Missing

Oh no.

By Frank Landymore

AI's demand on the US power grid is resulting in changing phase-out deadlines for American coal companies.
Artificial Intelligence

Huge Power Demand for AI Is Keeping Polluting Coal Plants Alive

"We need more energy, not less."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Google says there have been a lot of fake screenshots from AI Oerviews and that people should double check if they are real or not.
Google

Google Accuses Users of Exaggerating Problems With Its Disastrous AI Search Tool

"Those AI Overviews never appeared."

By Sharon Adarlo