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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…

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