“Bright Pill” for Male Birth Control Shows Promise in Early Tests
The quest for a male birth control method has taken some weird turns. The latest contender for the elusive male pill is an Israeli scientist who says he has developed a compound that temporarily inhibits the reproductive capacity of sperm. Haim Breitbart of Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv developed the drug, which he calls the…
30 post-apocalyptic visions of the 21st Century
The Quiet Earth blog has been covering the post-apocalyptic genre for years, and now one of its feature writers, Agent Orange, weighs in with his list of 30 visions of a 21st Century apocalypse. A lot has transpired in the realms of post-apocalyptic cinema and television in the last ten or so years. The first…
Test Notes: iPhone 4 Call Quality
The iPhone 4 is supposed to have better reception than prior generations. Its additional noise-cancellation microphone should result in better call quality and less distortion during chats. Our somewhat unscientific tests confirmed it—iPhone 4 is go for talk. https://gizmodo.com/roundup-the-iphone-4-re-revealed-5557549 We made a series of calls to a regular landline from an iPhone 3G, an iPhone…
