New York City Public Schools to Ban Cellphones

The largest school district in the country is looking to following the lead set by other municipalities across the country and ban the use of cellphones in the classroom, CBS News reported.

NKorea Claims Successful Test to Develop Multiple Warhead Missile

North Korea has successfully conducted an important test aimed at developing missiles carrying multiple warheads, state media KCNA said on Thursday.The test was carried out on Wednesday using a first-stage engine equipped with a solid-fuel based intermediate and long-range…[#item_full_content]

Musk’s SpaceX Gets $843M to Help Discard Space Station

NASA on Wednesday said it awarded $843 million to SpaceX to build a vehicle capable of pushing the International Space Station (ISS) into Earth’s atmosphere for its planned destruction around 2030, a task originally meant for Russia’s thrusters.[#item_full_content]

Brazil’s Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use, making the nation one of Latin America’s last to do so, in a move that could reduce its massive prison population. With final votes cast on Tuesday, a majority of the justices on the 11-person court have voted in favor of […]