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Indian researchers have submitted a male birth control injection to regulators for approval, which it could have in as few as six months.
Developments

"The trials are over... the product can safely be called the world’s first male contraceptive."

By Kristin Houser

The reports, obtained from police Nevada, describe an environment in which workers have repeatedly left meth, cocaine and heroin out in the open.
Tesla

Reports describe an environment in which workers repeatedly left drugs out in the open.

By Jon Christian

NASA is sending a rover to Antarctica to train for missions during which it'll hunt for alien life in the icy oceans of far-off moons
NASA

Once it can handle Antarctica, it might be ready for the moons of Saturn and Jupiter.

By Kristin Houser

A doctoral candidate has a unique idea for how to colonize Mars: send bacteria to digest the soil and churn out useable raw materials for future settlers.
Mars

Both NASA and the ESA are reportedly interested.

By Dan Robitzski

Uber is trialing a new feature giving drivers and passengers the option of recording audio of their rides in a purported attempt to increase safety.
Advanced Transport

It wants users to feel like "the lights are on" when they're in an Uber.

By Kristin Houser

An app called Spelfie can take a picture of you from a satellite. The resolution won't be good enough to pick yourself out, but it can show for big groups.
Science & Energy

You might have to squint.

By Dan Robitzski

An early prototype of SpaceX's massive Starship rocket partially burst apart during a ground test at the company's test site in Boca Chica, Texas.
Starship

This hurts to watch.

By Victor Tangermann

How Much Wood Could A Woodchuck Chuck?
Science & Energy

By Jolene Creighton

A truly bizarre evangelical app tries to keep people from watching porn by using AI to filter it out and sending alerts to their friends if they slip up.
Artificial Intelligence

To be fair, it could work like a safesearch filter for kids.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese parents are using DNA testing to shape how they raise their children, despite the science behind the tests being flimsy at best.
DNA

"I wanted to know about his talents in the future so that I can set a direction for him."

By Victor Tangermann

New research suggests that a fiery layer of super-hot plasma marks the transition between our solar system and interstellar space.
Solar Power

Voyager 2 broke through, but the wall could make interstellar travel difficult.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have discovered new evidence of a fifth force of nature, and if confirmed, the work could help us understand dark matter.
Physics

This could be the key to understanding dark matter.

By Kristin Houser

See SpaceX perform a static fire test on the SuperDraco engines that form its Crew Dragon spacecraft's emergency abort system.
Crew Dragon

No giant explosion this time.

By Victor Tangermann

A group of researchers are eager to get back to exploring the far reaches of the universe and send a probe on a NASA mission into interstellar space.
Science & Energy

"This is humanity’s first explicit step into interstellar space."

By Victor Tangermann

A new mission plans to determine once and for all whether spacetime is a smooth fabric or a chunky mess of discrete units.
Physics

They want to probe the fabric of our universe.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a recent study, ride-hailing apps like Uber might have had something to do with an increase in binge drinking as people are able to drink more and get a ride home after
Advanced Transport

When Uber becomes your designated driver.

By Victor Tangermann

Pennsylvania State University is currently developing a center focused on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
Off-World

SETI could finally reach mainstream academia.

By Kristin Houser

Decades later, people who had half their brain removed as children have stronger neural connections and function than doctors expected.
Neuroscience and Brain

"They have intact language skills. When I put them in the scanner, we made small talk, just like the hundreds of other individuals I have scanned."

By Dan Robitzski

Over 30 years after it blew up, astronomers finally spotted the cosmic wreckage — a neutron star hidden in a dense cloud of dust — of a famous supernova.
Science & Energy

Finally, scientists found the famous explosion's hidden debris.

By Dan Robitzski

A new study of the effects of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), the psychoactive ingredient in ayahuasca, could help us finally understand consciousness.
Neuroscience and Brain

"It’s like dreaming but with your eyes open."

By Kristin Houser