Hey Reader, happy to be back in your inbox with the 20th issue of the White Pill, Pirate Wires’ weekly roundup of all the best stuff going on in technology, engineering, science, and space. As usual, this week’s newsletter is a banger. In the section on space, among other items, we break down a recent preprint on the minimum size a Martian outpost would need to be to last for ~30 years. Then as per the usual, the White Pill Investment Index lists some of the most interesting startups and companies that closed on a round this week. After that, the energy and engineering section covers a potential new California city, no-energy drones, and robot pilots; I think you’ll be excited to read that the Toy Box, where we highlight futuristic physical objects that you may or may not be able to buy, is back in this issue as well. We’ve got some truly refreshing news in the medicine section this week, and last but not least, fun stuff at the end.

Oh, almost forgot — the White Pill has a X/Twitter account now, follow it for snackable science, energy, engineering, and space in your feed, and RT if you are so inclined.

Have a great weekend.