Health Oct 31 Male contraceptive tests nearly 100-percent effective, poses side effects The research, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, found the contraceptive was 96-percent effective when men received two hormone injections every eight weeks.
World Oct 28 Antarctica to hold the world’s largest marine reserve The deal protects 600,000 square miles of ocean, which is more than twice the size of Texas, near the Ross Sea ice shelf, banning all fishing in nearly three-fourths of the reserve. Scientists will still be allowed to catch small…
Arts Oct 27 Modern art, meet emojis in a new museum exhibit The original digital emoticons have attained “art” status at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
World Oct 27 National Geographic’s green-eyed Afghan girl arrested The Afghan girl with strikingly green eyes featured on the cover of National Geographic in 1985 was arrested Wednesday in Pakistan for illegally obtaining national identity cards.
Nation Oct 26 ‘Jackie’ of retracted Rolling Stone story says PTSD fogged memory The former University of Virginia student, whose account of a campus rape was the center of a retracted Rolling Stone article, said she suffered from PTSD.
World Oct 25 Migrant crossings have dropped, but the death rate has doubled. Here’s why The number of migrants who have died trying to cross the Mediterranean this year will surpass the number of deaths in 2015, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.
Nation Oct 24 Crowdfunding raises $300,000 in a week for ruby slippers restoration Dorothy’s iconic ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz will shine for years to come, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign by the Smithsonian Institute.
Science Oct 21 Mystery solved. ExoMars lander crashed, possibly exploded on the Red Planet The European Space Agency lost communication with the Schiaparelli lander soon after it entered the Martian atmosphere on Wednesday. On Friday, mission scientists revealed its fate.
Science Oct 19 ExoMars mission hits snag after scientists lose contact with Mars lander The European Space Agency is waiting anxiously for confirmation that part of its $1.4 billion ExoMars mission landed safely on the red planet.
Nation Oct 18 Two years after debunked campus rape story, former UVA dean takes Rolling Stone to trial Rolling Stone headed to trial today for a defamation case over their portrayal of an University of Virginia dean in a discredited article of brutal gang rape. A statement from the student at the center of the article contradicts the…