First Woman Cosmonaut Volunteers to be the First Person to Live on Mars

Space X and Tesla founder Elon Musk has been pushing to put a human on Mars as soon as he can to see human colonies on the planet in his lifetime.

One brave cosmonaut has come forward to voice her desire to help make the dream happen.

Experimental Male Birth Control Involves Putting Gold In Your Balls

How far would you go for a long-lasting, but reversible male birth control?

A team of biologists have developed a clever way to reversibly kill sperm cells. The biologists from Anhui, China, have only tested their method on mice.

Mississippi to Collect Umbilical Blood from Babies of Underage Moms in New Law

According to Reuters, the state of Mississippi intends to collect umbilical cord blood from babies of certain mothers age 16 or younger. The blood will go into storage in case it is ever needed as evidence in a statutory rape case.

Nike and Adidas Are Making 3D Prototypes at "Impossible" Speeds

3D printers are all the rage, and they're helping shoe manufacturers accelerate the prototyping of new shoes. Just how big is that impact?

The Financial Times reports that both Nike and Adidas are embracing this new tech and creating prototypes at "previously impossible" speeds.

Apple Aired its Latest Ad at WWDC 2013 [VIDEO]

Apple's latest TV commercial by TBWA/Media Arts Lab aired for the first time last night, and it feels like a manifesto about why the company exists. The montage shows "every day life" videos that feature its products, with a thoughtful voiceover that talks about the product and design. The closing shot shows the motto, "Designed by Apple in California," the engraving that is often found in tiny type on the back of Apple products.

Teka Has The Perfect Oven for Pizza Lovers

Home-made pizza is so much cheaper and healthier than your usual Domino's delivery, but when you have to adjust the shelves in your oven and move around a pizza stone it sounds like way too much effort. Cue the Teka HL 45.15.

Switch Off This Lamp by Knocking it Over

The best kind of design minimalism is one with great functionality - as you can see this lamp has. Industrial designer William Lee figured out how to eliminate the on/off switch using a simple tilting mechanism for this beautiful lamp.

Lightsaber Knitting Needles, These Are

Knitting just became a tad cooler with these lightsaber knitting needles. A fun tutorial at Instructables shows you how you can knit away in the dark with these awesome Star Wars rods.

All you need to create the glowing lightsaber knitting needles is a pair of clear lucite rods, some small LED keychain-sized flashlights, red and green replacement LEDs, and you'll be able to Jedi master the art of lightsaber knitting.

WWDC 2013: Apple Announces Their New Toys

Everyone was looking forward to WWDC 2013 to find out what Apple has in store for everyone. Rumors were already hitting the net prior to WWDC so we pretty much could expect what was coming. Still, Tim Cook and crew managed to throw in a couple of surprises. Here's all the latest Apple updates:

Chris Hadfield, Astronaut Extraordinaire, Retires

Astronaut extraordinaire Chris Hadfield has just announced his retirement. Hadfield had spent 35-years in his career and is one of the last astronauts in his class to step down. He had spent most of his life in the Houston, Texas since the 1980s.

Sony PS4 Supports Used Games

Sony's PS4 will have no new restrictions on used games. It won't need you to go online to authenticate. Sony, you've just won our hearts and game minds.

The Xbox One has been getting plenty of flack for being stingy with its used game policy, and while Microsoft ultimately allowed used games, they came with restrictions - disc-based games can only be traded once, and only to someone who has been on your friends list for 30 days.

Get Ready To Be Amazed By Your Own Body (Video)

There's no denying that the human body is amazing. Not only is it capable of creating life, it's also a great place for miniscule things like bacteria to thrive. We'll let this BuzzFeed Video do all the explaining.

Brain Imaging Inspires Dutch Painter To Create 3D Works Of Art (Pic)

These stunning 3D paintings created by Dutch painter Joris Kuipers were inspired by CT and MRI scans. The interesting colors are similar to the ones used in brain visualizations. As for the texture, this created using materials such as paper mache and clay in order to get close to the textural effects of bodily tissues. View the rest via My Modern Met

Butterfly Nebula Is The Prettiest Dying Star You've Ever Seen (Pic)

Behold the Butterfly Nebula, a dying star captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3. The effect is due to the ionized gas surrounding the central star, has a temperature of 250,000 degrees C. Luckily for the rest of us on Earth, it's located about 4,000 light-years away in the Scorpion constellation.

Microbreweries Thrive Just Like Ferns In The Forest (Video)

Ever wonder just how all those microbreweries manage to compete among established brands? MinuteEarth is here to answer your question by comparing it to the biodiversity of ferns and trees in the forest.

Opportunity Rover Might Have Just Proven Drinkable Water Existed On Mars

Looks like Opportunity is still making important discoveries despite spending almost 10 years roving around on the red planet. And the most recent discovery might have just proven that drinkable water once existed on Mars.

A Quick Look At Google's Governing Design Principles

There's no denying that Google's design aesthetic is pleasing to the eye. Google's senior graphic designer Roger Oddone and art director Christopher Bettig have been working to compile these design guidelines so that other Google designers and third party vendors that keep it cohesive. Check out some samples below:

There is a Tiny Part Of Your Brain That Regenerates Brain Cells

A recent study by a team at the Karolinska Institute led by Jonas Frisén examined 120 cadaver brains and sampled carbon-14 (a relatively-benign isotope often used in archeological carbon dating techniques) concentrations in its various regions, using the C14 as an indicator of cellular age, and modelled the results.