Colorado is facing a backlash from hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts in response to recent gun legislation, which includes a ban on high-capacity magazines and universal background checks. Earlier this month, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law bills that ban high-capacity magazines that hold more than 15 rounds as well as magazine extensions for […]

Advances in molecular biology are allowing scientists to “challenge extinction” by creating a new field of biology called “de-extinction;” but should we bring extinct species back to life? In 1914, the last passenger pigeon died and was shipped to the Smithsonian Institution for preservation.  Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, passenger pigeons were the […]

A measure banning new magazines holding more than 15 rounds has cleared the Colorado House and is awaiting the governor’s signature. On Wednesday, the Colorado legislature approved a package of four gun-control measures including a controversial ban on new ammunition magazines holding more than 15 rounds as well as those that could easily be converted […]

Have scientists taken the first steps towards creating an “organic computer” using real-life brain-to-brain interfaces? An article published in Scientific Reports Thursday detailed the results of a research study which “enabled a real-time transfer of behaviorally meaningful sensorimotor information between the brains of two rats” located in two different countries, Brazil and the U.S.  During […]

Known as USA-240, the military’s secret X-37B robotic space plane has been in orbit for more than two months and its mission is “unknown and ongoing.” In an article in space.com, author Leonard David reports that “The U.S. Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane is quietly chalking up mileage in space more than two months […]