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Warning: The following article covers matters of a sensitive nature.A SpaceX employee has filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of siding with a supervisor who pressured her into having sexual relations with him. The plaintiff said that she and other female employees also had to endure "humiliating comments" questioning their credentials, that she was passed up for promotions in favor of male candidates and that she experienced retaliation when she complained about being paid less than her male counterparts.The…

Ketamine is well known for being a dangerous recreational drug, but when properly managed it can help treat a variety of health problems. However, a new study raises the question of how carefully ketamine treatments should be targeted.Researchers from Columbia University ran a series of tests on mice, finding that repeated use of ketamine over a 10-day period causes fundamental changes in the way the brain manages dopamine, the neurotransmitter that signals pleasure and satisfaction.In some parts of the brain, the team…

Sacrificed equids from the courtyard of Casas del Turuñuelo site (Badajoz, Spain). Iron Age Tartessian Culture. Yard discovered and excavated since 2017. Credit: Construyendo Tarteso, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Iron Age site of Casas del Turuñuelo was used repeatedly for ritualized animal sacrifice, according to a multidisciplinary study published November 22, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE…

Google's Pixel smartphone users have started complaining about seeing app crashes on their devices. The app crashes seem to affect Google's own preinstalled apps such as Gmail, Messages, Chrome and even random third-party apps. At the moment, there seems to be no defined solution to this app crashing issue in sight. Some users believe that this is a bad Android System WebView update that's affecting both new, recent and old Pixel smartphones. Regardless of the solutions, this issue does seem to be spreading…

Telegram is often the source of inspiration for new features on WhatsApp and other messaging apps. But in a rare reversal of roles, the former has just announced a new feature that takes cues from other platforms. It’s finally adding Stories, those temporary photos and videos that are pretty much omnipresent in the social media space (known as Status on WhatsApp). In a lengthy post on his Telegram channel, CEO Pavel Durov said that the company was originally against Stories because they were everywhere. But users have…

Stoke Space has received multiple investments from In-Q-Tel, the strategic investor for the U.S. intelligence and defense community, TechCrunch has learned. Stoke Space and In-Q-Tel have not publicly announced their relationship before. While In-Q-Tel is legally a separate entity from any government agency, it receives all of its funding from government partners, including the defense and intelligence community. In-Q-Tel Principal William Morrison confirmed he led the most recent investment, which closed at the end…

Recent research has revealed that preterm infants do not habituate, or get used to, repeated pain in the same way as full-term infants, children, and adults. This lack of pain habituation could potentially impact their development, as the ability to become accustomed to moderate, non-life-threatening pain is believed to develop during the third trimester of pregnancy, and preterm babies might not have developed this ability at birth.According to a study led by researchers from University College London (UCL), preterm…

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. At least, that’s what Einstein used to say. However, a group of scientists doesn’t seem to have gotten the memo, as they’ve completed an experiment 600 times to try to unfurl evolution’s secrets. The experiment has been ongoing for over a decade, with scientists in a lab in Atlanta watching thousands of yeast cells fight each day. The cells that grow the fastest live the longest, producing the biggest clumps,…

It's 2013. The Harlem Shake is on the radio and e-cigarettes are becoming a thing. A group of researchers convene to discuss these and other products containing nicotine.In a 2014 paper detailing the outcomes of that meeting, the authors rated "electronic nicotine delivery systems" (e-cigarettes) as having "only 4 percent" of the maximum relative harm of cigarettes.Critically, the authors stated their "understanding of the potential hazards" of e-cigarettes was "at a very early stage" because they lacked "hard evidence…

Quordle 440 answer for April 9: If you were looking forward to a straightforward puzzle, then think again. The game has brought back one of its infamous tricks and it has increased the difficulty level of today's puzzle significantly. The double-letter challenge is back. Double letters mean words that have a repetition of one of the letters. These are tricky to solve because the player would not know whether they need to find more clues or repeat one of the letters to find the answer. And this confusion often takes away…