Scientists create birth control pill for men (well, male mice)

Friday, August 17, 2012 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

Ever wonder why there's no birth control pill for men? For starters, it's a math problem: To stop a woman from getting pregnant, all you have to do is block a single egg each month. But a man produces millions of sperm each day -- about 1,000 every time his heart beats. Blocking them all is a much bigger task.

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