Popular Weight-Loss Drugs Come with Side Effects
Recent studies evaluate risks associated with drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro
Recent studies evaluate risks associated with drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro
Research on what makes people willing to donate organs shows how to motivate many of the unvaccinated this fall
Esports are booming on college campuses, and safe participation in gaming is a new Title IX challenge. Schools should get ahead of the threat of harassment now
An enormous “Miyake event”—a bombardment of Earth by particles from the sun—hit 14,300 years ago. Such an event today would have devastating effects
Some states have begun to buy into the need for off-site firearm storage to protect those at risk of suicide
Companies are training their generative AI models on vast swathes of the Internet—and there’s no real way to stop them
The Western U.S. faces a future of fighting multiple large wildfires at once—a situation that is more difficult than handling a single blaze, even if the total acreage is similar...
The antiviral drug ensitrelvir, which has not been approved outside of Japan, shortens sensory problems
Surgeons transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a human for the second time ever, and the recipient is continuing to recover more than three weeks later
Virtual power plants are aggregations of electricity producers, consumers and storers that power grid managers can call on to balance electricity demand and supply
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